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Sunday, 20 December 2020
A second coronavirus vaccine is nearing emergency approval in the US after it was endorsed by a panel of experts.
The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said his agency would move quickly...
Thursday, 17 December 2020
Australia will challenge China's tariff on its barley exports in an appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
It marks the first defensive action from Australia in response to a number of China's...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Desperate calls for blood plasma to treat Covid-19 patients continue to appear on India's social media platforms even as doctors have mixed views about the experimental therapy.
When people have Covid-19...
Monday, 14 December 2020
Wild weather is battering a 1,000km (621 miles) stretch of Australia's east coast, bringing torrential rain and "abnormally high" tides to cities including Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
More than 2,000...
Thursday, 10 December 2020
Boris Johnson's dinner with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen - aimed at breaking the Brexit trade deadlock - has ended without agreement.
A No 10 spokesperson said "very large gaps remain" but talks will...
Tuesday, 08 December 2020
An inquiry into the Christchurch massacre has found a series of failures ahead of the 2019 attack, but concluded the tragedy was unpreventable.
The inquiry was launched after white supremacist Brenton...
Monday, 07 December 2020
Talks between the UK and EU are due to resume later in a final bid to agree a post-Brexit trade deal.
After a weekend of tense negotiations, EU sources told the BBC an agreement on fishing...
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Six years after the alleged incident, a Chinese court on Wednesday is hearing a landmark case that analysts say could define the future of the country's #MeToo movement.
Zhou Xiaoxuan - also known online...
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled officials for six important posts, as he prepares to take office.
Mr Biden said that "America is back" and "ready to lead the world, not retreat from it".
If...
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Donald Trump has accepted that a formal transition can begin for US President-elect Joe Biden to take office.
The president said he was recommending a key federal agency "do what needs to be done", even...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Senior Republicans have voiced their alarm at US plans to withdraw some of its forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The US is to cut its number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq by 2,500, the US Department...
Monday, 16 November 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden is to make tackling the coronavirus pandemic his top priority following his win over Donald Trump, his team says.
Announcing the first steps in his transition plan, his team...
Saturday, 07 November 2020
The uncertainty goes on. Three days after the election, votes are still being counted, lawsuits are flying and the country remains in a state of flux.
It is still too early to project the winner in a...
Friday, 06 November 2020
Welcome if you're just joining our live coverage of the US election 2020. The short story is we still don't know who has won the presidency.
While there have been no major shifts overnight, the count...
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
Donald Trump's campaign has responded to Twitter flagging a tweet from the president as "misleading", after he suggested rivals were trying to "steal" the election.
Trump tweeted: "We are up BIG, but...
Tuesday, 03 November 2020
It was an hour before sunrise, 21 hours into a shift, and Mr Kim had delivered more than 400 packages. The 36-year-old delivery driver had been working since 5am the previous day. He messaged a colleague,...
Monday, 02 November 2020
There are fears a typhoon which slammed into the Philippines may have damaged 90% of the buildings in the first town it struck, the Red Cross has said.
Philippines Chairman Dick Gordon said a "visual"...
Friday, 30 October 2020
The appointment of Nigeria's ex-finance minister to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been thrown into doubt after the US opposed the move.
On Wednesday, a WTO nominations committee...
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
It took Hussain Haidari three hours and by the time he found his wife's cousin, Latif Sarwari, he had seen too many lifeless faces.
Latif was 20 years old and in the 12th grade of high school. He'd dreamed...
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
At least seven people have died after an explosion during a class at a religious school in Pakistan, police have said.
Children of various age groups are among the dead, an officer at the scene...
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