Politicians and world leaders have condemned the Myanmar military’s move to seize control of the country for one year. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the coup “unlawful imprisonment” of

President Joe Biden has agreed to meet a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking in coronavirus aid, though

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned Nigerian passengers from transiting other airports before going to Dubai. Effective from Monday February 1, only those travelling directly from Nigeria would be

The EU says UK-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca will now supply an additional nine million Covid vaccine doses by March, after days of criticism of the bloc’s vaccination programme. Commission President

Thousands of Russians have been taking part in unauthorised protests to demand the release of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. More than 5,000 people have been detained, a monitoring

China recorded more than 2,000 new domestic cases of COVID-19 in January, the highest monthly total since the tail end of the initial outbreak in Wuhan in March of last

Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers, according to Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office. It was the

Demonstrators have briefly disrupted a coronavirus vaccination distribution centre at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, calling the jabs part of a conspiracy by elites to control the population. Several dozen

The Australian city of Perth was ordered into lockdown on Sunday after a security guard working in hotel quarantine tested positive for Covid-19, ending the country’s longest coronavirus-free run. From

A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market on Sunday, the now-shuttered wholesale seafood centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the

Iran’s foreign ministry has rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, after French President Emmanuel Macron said any new talks should

Billionaire investor Steve Cohen, seen by small investors as an enemy in the GameStop stock drama this week, deleted his Twitter account because of what he said were threats against

Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, who has been vaccinated for Covid-19, tested positive for the virus on Friday afternoon and remains asymptomatic, according to his spokeswoman. “This afternoon US

Indian farmers and their leaders spearheading more than two months of protests against new agriculture laws began a daylong hunger strike on Saturday, directing their fury toward Prime Minister Narendra

US law enforcement agents found bomb-making instructions inside the home of a member of the Proud Boys right-wing extremist group who was charged with participating in the Jan. 6 siege

The European Union on Friday abruptly reversed a plan to use emergency Brexit measures to restrict exports of Covid-19 vaccines from crossing the Irish border into the United Kingdom after

French PM Jean Castex has announced tough new Covid-19 border restrictions, but has again resisted imposing a new nationwide lockdown. From Sunday all but essential travel from outside of the

Johnson & Johnson said on Friday that its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing Covid-19 in a large global trial against multiple variants, giving health officials another weapon to

European Union regulators have authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population. The European Medicines Agency licensed

Zimbabwe’s coronavirus lockdown has been extended by another two weeks, until 15 February. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, who is acting health minister, made the announcement on national television: “The president fully