British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce the next phase in England's easing of lockdown restrictions on Monday, with "cautious hugging" potentially set to make a return in the UK.The British government revealed…
Belarus has sentenced a drummer to six years in prison for playing during opposition demonstrations, human rights activists have said.Alexei Santchuk was arrested in Minsk last November along with other members of his band, who…
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi’s bid to revive a Republican-backed state law that…
Slovakia has suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 jab for first-time vaccinations."People who are waiting for the second dose of this vaccine are currently being vaccinated with Astra Zeneca," said the country's health ministry.…
Authorities in easterns China have faced strong public criticism for concealing the escape of three leopards from a safari park. They used drones and hunting dogs to search for the big cats, which got out…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday the presidential election in Syria was illegitimate and that a United Nations-led push for a political solution to the decade of conflict there must continue.Syria’s government has said…
By Marine Strauss and Philip BlenkinsopBRUSSELS – Hundreds of European lawmakers and staff travel to Strasbourg next week for the European Parliament’s first session since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, though many think it is too…
European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the US call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would bring no short or midterm relief. They instead urged Washington to lift export restrictions…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The currently available COVID-19 vaccines could be less effective against the coronavirus variant that was first found in India, the chief of Germany’s public health agency said on Friday, referring to initial…
Air France and Airbus should stand trial for "involuntary manslaughter" over the deadly 2009 Atlantic plane crash, a court has ruled.Flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed after disappearing from radar screens on…
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