In Ukraine, as of Thursday morning, a new anti-record was recorded in 16 669 new cases of coronavirus disease COVID-19, recovered – 6 784 people, 362 patients died, the Minister of Health of Ukraine Maxim Stepanov said. "16 669 new cases of coronavi...
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine dated March 11, 2021 "On the Strategy for the de-occupation and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territory o...
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has warned German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas about new sanctions if the construction of the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is completed. According to UNIAN, Blinken said this at a press conferenc...
The death of a nurse, hasty European policy decisions and the Georgian church’s indifference all have contributed to a rocky rollout for the vaccination campaign. Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine on March 23. (go...
More than 6,000 cases of Covid-related fraud and cyber-crime have been recorded by the UK's police forces during the pandemic. The Action Fraud team said £34.5m had been stolen since 1 March 2020. It covers activity in England, Wales and Northern I...
A seven-year-old girl has been shot dead in Myanmar, becoming the youngest known victim in the crackdown following last month's military coup. Khin Myo Chit's family told the BBC she was killed by police while she ran towards her father, during a ra...
Boris Johnson has told a private meeting of Tory MPs that the success of the UK's Covid vaccine programme was because of "capitalism" and "greed". But sources said the prime minister had "very insistently" withdrawn his comments straight after makin...
The Duke of Sussex is to become chief impact officer at the US coaching and mental health firm, BetterUp. Prince Harry said in a statement that he was "really excited" about taking on the new role. His exact duties, hours and any payment are not cle...
US President Joe Biden has said he does not consider North Korea's launch of short-range missiles – the first since he took office – a provocation. Mr Biden added that defence officials called it "business as usual". North Korea is said to have fir...
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu could struggle to secure enough seats to stay in power, incomplete results from Tuesday's election show. With nearly 90% of votes counted, his right-wing bloc is eight seats short of the threshold to form a government. ...
