The UK's chief medical officers have backed a change in guidance which says booster jabs should be given up to 12 weeks later. /VCG Vaccine shortages are likely to cause problems for "several
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral Colle
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) inspect a street in a neighbourhood of the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri after an attack. (Photo credit AUDU ALI MARTE/AFP via
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Group of 20 (G20) to build a global "firewall" against the COVID-19 pandemic in his speech at the G20 summit on Saturday.Xi ma
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Group of 20 (G20) to build a global "firewall" against the COVID-19 pandemic in his speech at the G20 summit on Saturday.Xi made the remarks via video link a
Afghan journalists film inside a classroom after Monday's attack at the University of Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2020. /Reuters The United Nations Security Council on Thursday strongly co
The Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, expressed hope for the two countries’ successful cooperation in space to help resolve global challenges."O
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. /VCG Image UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an end to reported police brutality in Nigeria and asked for de-escalation, said
This file photo shows Zambia's former President Rupiah Banda was delivering a speech in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, on March 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Martin Mbangweta)Former Za
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un addressed an unusual predawn military parade held in Pyongyang to mark the 75th anniversary of the f
FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the African Union Conference Center and Office Complex during the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. /VCG Image The African Union on Friday lifted
Facebook and Twitter took action against a post from President Trump Tuesday that claimed that COVID-19 is “far less lethal” than the flu. Trump made the tweet and posted the same message
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives by helicopter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., October 2, 2020. /Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump drove past
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Saturday wished U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, a speedy recovery from COVI
President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania. /Getty Images As stocks fall in the wake of President Donald Trump announcing that he and the First Lady had tested positive for COVID-19, gl
President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 result has made Twitter a busy place in the past 24 hours, including some tweets that have publicly wished — some subtly and others more directly — tha
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden stops to answer questions as he exits The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 1, 2020. /Reuters Demo