02:29 Using a small music box and a four-meter-long strip of paper punched with holes marking COVID-19 deaths, a Swiss data journalist tells the story of the pandemic in Switzerland th
Countries and organizations have called on pharmaceutical companies to share their COVID-19 vaccine technology to help meet global supply. /Bruna Prado/File/AP Almost four months since develop
04:33 The vaccination of the world's population against COVID-19 is well under way in many parts of the globe, and its success is providing a ray of hope for a way out of the pandemic
03:58 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for a global agreement on protecting biodiversity, a call reinforced by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Franc
Damage from global natural disasters brought on by climate change cost hundreds of billions of dollars last year. /Denis Lovrovic/AFP Financial losses caused by natural disasters worldwide las
"Tesla says that their recipe will be the standard in the future, but what Toyota has is a real kitchen and a real chef ... we make real food."That was Akio Toyoda, the current president of Toyota Mo
"The outlook for the economy remains unusually uncertain."On the day England begins a four-week (or more) lockdown to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Bank of England presented that far from cheer
03:27 Scientists and researchers in Europe are discovering new mutated strains or variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and tracking their increasing spread across th
02:22 It's nearing that time of year again when things get spooky, carved pumpkins and cobwebs decorate front doors and people dress up in their best Halloween costumes.But with the co
The lives of people across Europe and the world have changed, some more drastically than others since the COVID-19 outbreak began in December last year.Aspects of normal routines, such as visiting fr
"The spread of COVID-19 around the world has been a horror movie for the industry and the fresh wave of infections is the latest instalment in what's been a devastating story for cinema chains."Susan
"I think with goodwill on both sides, we can achieve resolution, and I certainly know that this government is determined to do so. But, of course, we have clear red lines that we will not cross."That
03:13 Teams of scientists and researchers around the world are training sniffer dogs to detect COVID-19 in humans.The method is certainly more friendly than the intrusive PCR test and
"There's more work ahead – including to make sure that all businesses, including digital ones, pay their fair share of tax where it is rightfully due."That was the European Union's antitrust chief, M
China's President Xi Jinping put forward a concrete target for the country's role in fighting climate change at the UN general assembly. /Eskinder Debebe/United Nations/AFP Chinese President X
"I hope these findings spur urgent action from policymakers to enact needed reforms."That was a strong call for action from Tim Adams, chief executive of the trade group Institute of International Fi
02:16 The Vikings are known in the history books and shown in movies as brutal invaders, pirates and blond-haired Scandinavians who traveled the seas pillaging and raiding their way ac