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Grammy Awards scrap controversial voting committees

WHO approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Unions in Chile lead demands for emergency aid as pandemic bites

India's over-18s vaccination to start

UN calls for restoration of democracy in Myanmar, end to violence

Covid: Australians could face jail or fines if they return from India

Florida plans to fine social media for banning politicians

Singapore: What's it like in the best place to live during Covid?

Covid: Pakistan fears 'Impending doom' threatens Pakistan

How a Nigerian mother fought to hold on to her child in Italy

Alaska's first CSI takes on blood and burglaries in sub-zero weather

India's Covid vaccine shortage: The desperate wait gets longer

France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara

China reins in tech giants to curb push into financial system

Gig firms push back against drive towards worker employee status

Joshua Wong pleads guilty over ‘illegal assembly’ in Hong Kong

South Korean President Moon to visit White House on May 21

Israel stampede: Chaotic scenes as dozens dead at religious festival

What we know about India COVID variant as virus sweeps South Asia

Pfizer begins to export US-made COVID shots: Report

India sees record rise in COVID cases, US aid arrives: Live news

India Covid: Delhi seeks more cremation space as deaths rise

Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers release photo that shows bruised face

Abbas delays Palestinian parliamentary polls blaming Israel

Families mourn as Brazil hits 400,000 COVID deaths

‘Dozens of dead’ in Israel pilgrimage stampede: rescue services

Dozens killed in stampede at Jewish festival in Israel

India Covid: A nurse's story of fighting the virus

Quiz of the week: Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao, pricey sneakers and Marcelo's civic duty

Xueli Abbing: The abandoned baby who became a Vogue model

The ransomware surge ruining lives

'It's your device, you should be able to repair it'

Africa's week in pictures: 23-29 April 2021

World's longest pedestrian suspension bridge to open in Portugal

'Heartbreaking' return to St Vincent's volcano-hit 'red zone'

Ransomware gangs target firms, schools and hospitals

Pittsburgh vs Beijing: Biden takes aim at China in key speech

Fans jubilant after Britney Spears news to address to court

Duterte ‘reluctant’ to confront China over South China Sea row

Alephia 2053: Animated thriller strikes a chord in Arab world

Can Lebanon be saved?

China to fine internet giant Tencent in antitrust blitz: Report

China launches key module of space station planned for 2022

New Zealand rugby unions to sell All Blacks stake to US firm

In ransomware fight, US government, industry join forces: Report

Why is India facing a deadly crunch of oxygen amid COVID surge?

India COVID cases cross 18m, US to send $100m supplies: Live news

President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress: Full transcript

Biden pitches 'once in a generation investment' to Congress

West Bengal: India state elections go ahead as deaths hit record high

China launches first module of new space station

Why some people are soiling their underwear to help the earth

Thousands march in Colombia over tax proposals, rising insecurity

US president delivers first address to Congress: Live updates

Covid: Turkey prepares for its first full lockdown

They are killing our forest, Brazilian tribe warns

The 'forgotten' Afghan refugees taking their own lives

Zac Easter: He left his brain behind to save others from his fate

India Covid-19: Deadly second wave spreads from cities to small towns

UN demands combatants protect civilian infrastructure from attack

Arabs Abroad: The Humanitarian and the Healer

Broader US government surveillance powers won’t make us safer

Mind the gap: China’s north-south economic divide seen worsening

India's Covid crisis: 'I lost my unborn child and wife on the same day'

Giulio Regeni: Italy braces for key court ruling in murder case

Bank loans create 700 times more emissions than offices: Study

India surpasses 200,000 COVID deaths amid record spike: Live news

Big tax hit: Samsung’s Lee family to pay $10.8bn inheritance fee

Biden to sell historic spending plans in speech to Congress

Saudi Arabia in talks to sell 1% stake in Aramco: MBS

Sri Lanka cabinet approves proposed ban on burqas in public

Who owns the Benin bronzes?

New immigration bill sparks fears of Hong Kong ‘exit ban’

Australia warns Google and Apple over app stores

‘Houses of horror’: Child sex abuse in Indonesia’s schools

Australia to upgrade military bases, expand war games with US

Richard Pusey: Australian jailed for filming dying officers

Mon Laferte: Chile's pop export on repression and injustice

Kuwait: Murder spurs demands for greater safety for women

Kenyans bitter over al-Qaeda US embassy compensation snub

Why India's Covid crisis matters to the whole world

India coronavirus: Can it make enough vaccines to meet demand?

Israel uses ‘apartheid’ to subjugate Palestinians: HRW

Why have Filipino nurses in the US been so hard hit by COVID-19?

Hong Kong leader issues warning to territory’s top legal body

South Korea beats virus blues as economy bounces back

Roshan the camel brings books to Pakistan’s homeschooled children

Lebanese students abroad fight for their future

India’s second COVID wave in maps and charts

India’s COVID surge imperils global economic recovery: US Chamber

UK to send Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to Japan, S Korea

US White House backs aggressive power grid emissions cuts: Report

Tesla: Bitcoin sales, environmental credits boost profits

India receives first shipment of UK COVID medical aid: Live news

US promises $310m aid to Central America as it tackles migration

US police mock dementia sufferer in 'torture' arrest

Fighting erupts in eastern Myanmar near Thai border

‘My heart is broken’: Families mourn lost Indonesian crew

Five things to know about Apple's iOS update

Gavin Newsom: California's governor faces recall election

India Covid: The messages deciding between life and death

Afghan interpreters rejected for resettlement 'face death' after UK exit

Covid-19 in India: Visual guide to the crisis

France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara

Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries?

COVID patients, families beg for oxygen at India’s hospitals

The EU efforts to repatriate Afghan asylum seekers are dangerous

Covid-19: EU hints at summer return for US travellers

Ingenuity Mars helicopter makes third successful flight

Turkish lira dips to near record low on rate cut, US concerns

‘Tough times’: Cricketers pull out of India’s IPL over COVID

Covid: Perth ends lockdown after Covid cases contained

Q&A: How Qatar is battling a new wave of COVID cases, deaths

India Covid: Anger as Twitter ordered to remove critical virus posts

Singapore and Hong Kong to open travel bubble

Live from New York, it’s Elon Musk! Tesla CEO to host iconic show

India sets new COVID world record for 5th straight day: Live news

Oscars 2021: Nomadland, Hopkins and Kaluuya share glory

And the Oscar goes to … The winners of the 2021 Academy Awards

Zhao becomes first Asian woman to win best director Oscar

English football fans make Wembley return in League Cup final

Turkmenistan celebrates new holiday to honour native dog breed

'I will not return to work': Myanmar coup cripples healthcare system

The salmon you buy in the future may be farmed on land

Facebook v Apple: The ad tracking row heats up

Chernobyl nuclear disaster: ‘Three-day evacuation lasted 35 years’

'Apocalyptic' landscape in aftermath of volcanic eruptions on St Vincent.

Space junk map tracks 200 ‘ticking time bombs’

Indonesia authorities say 53 submarine crew members dead

Cyprus rivals seek ‘common ground’ at Geneva talks

Menstrual leave: South Korea airline ex-CEO fined for refusing time off

UFC 261: Kamaru Usman knocks out Jorge Masvidal to cap incredible night in Jacksonville

European Super League: 'A seismic, pivotal week in football - but game not yet over'

ICYMI: Chinese kite festival and a whale in Italy

Why does India have so many COVID cases?

Fire extinguished on oil tanker off Syria after suspected attack

Albania goes to polls after fiery election campaign

The women of Myanmar: ‘Our place is in the revolution’

Sanctions-battered Iran faces worst coronavirus wave

Fire tears through Baghdad COVID hospital

Criticism over Myanmar ASEAN deal with military coup leader

India Covid: Patients dying without oxygen amid Delhi surge

What role can schools play to end violence and sexual harassment?

US to send support as India battles devastating COVID surge

Can Western brands recover from consumer backlash in China?

Dozens dead after fire rips through Baghdad COVID-19 hospital

Film on 2019 Hong Kong protests vies for Oscars, riles China

Anti-war debate muted as Australia marks ANZAC Day

Iraq Covid hospital fire: At least 23 dead after 'oxygen tank explodes'

Deaths climb as India reels from deadly Covid wave

Ghana basks in Twitter’s surprise choice as Africa HQ

Avalanche in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand kills eight

India’s COVID crisis: Navigating bad stats and government spin

ASEAN leaders start talks with Myanmar military coup leader

53 sailors presumed dead after sunken Indonesia submarine found

Families of Indonesian sailors hopeful as sub’s oxygen runs out

India Covid surge: Hospitals send SOS as record deaths registered

India’s COVID woes worsen amid continued oxygen shortage

People in Kenya say lives at risk as HIV drugs run short

Food pantries for hungry Filipinos get tagged as communist

Sri Lanka arrests Muslim leader over 2019 Easter Sunday attacks

Why going green does not need to cost the Earth

Hopes fade for Indonesia submarine crew as oxygen dwindles

‘Terminator of drones’: China unveils stealth-detecting radars

Scuffles in Jerusalem in second night of violence

Covid-19: Israel records no daily deaths for the first time in 10 months

Biden to push G7 on Uighur forced labour in China’s Xinjiang

Japan to host first joint ‘war games’ with US, France

India Covid crisis: Did election rallies help spread virus?

Palestinian election: Leaders face reckoning as rare vote looms

Telegram misogyny: 'They wanted to tie me and my child to a horse'

Mental health: Trauma, genocide and my invisible illness

It's the Oscars 2021 - but how many people have seen the main films?

Week in pictures: 17 - 23 April 2021

COVID meltdown exposes new front in India’s digital divide

India COVID crisis: Oxygen gets armed escort as supplies run low

US joins race to find stricken Indonesia submarine

Mount Everest: Coronavirus reaches world's tallest peak

India’s new COVID variant: When did it emerge? Should we worry?

Covid-19: India hospital fire kills 13 amid Covid oxygen crisis

US President Joe Biden to 'propose hiking tax on rich'

Desperate hunt for Indonesian submarine as oxygen set to run out

Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

ASEAN urged to consider Myanmar’s expulsion over coup abuses

Fire kills 13 COVID patients in India hospital: Live updates

‘Priceless’ relics seized from smugglers to return to Afghanistan

Dozens injured in East Jerusalem clashes

Three abducted Catholic clergy released in Haiti

Coronavirus: Tokyo Motor Show cancelled for first time in 67 years

Biden calls for climate action as Xi renews carbon neutral pledge

Tesla's Autopilot 'tricked' to operate without driver

Australia resists calls for tougher climate targets

Chernobyl radiation damage 'not passed to children'

The Indonesian island that could host Elon Musk's new SpaceX site

Africa's week in pictures: 16-22 April 2021

Afghanistan: Have things improved since the Taliban?

New video shows additional angle in death of Ma’Khia Bryant

Brutal second COVID wave rips through India: Live updates

‘This isn’t convenient’: HSBC manager’s heart attack spurs debate

Australian states investigate COVID spread in quarantine hotels

European Super League Q&A: Why it failed - and will clubs try again?

Big Dog's Backyard Ultra: The toughest, weirdest race you've never heard of

#COVIDSOS: Indian Twitter becomes a platform of hope amid despair

‘Mrs World’ returns her crown after Sri Lanka pageant controversy

Australia says it killed state-China deals over national interest

Biden to recognise Armenian mass killing as ‘genocide’: Report

World’s highest daily rise in COVID cases in India, record deaths

Billionaire Sir James Dyson moves residency back to the UK

Facing ‘morale blow’, Indonesia steps up search for submarine

New alliances cloud Myanmar military’s control over jade, gems

India Covid: Delhi high court criticises 'ridiculous' oxygen shortage

Minneapolis activists vow to maintain pressure for police reform

Australia provokes China anger over scrapped deals

Google and Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly'

Climate change: Biden summit to push for 'immediate' action

Oscars 2021: Why Two Distant Strangers is 'important and necessary'

What's gone wrong with Australia's vaccine rollout?

Gerd: Sudan talks tough with Ethiopia over River Nile dam

Afghan War: Do Americans support Biden pulling out?

Alexei Navalny: Police detain hundreds of protesters across Russia

‘Big battle lies ahead’: India being overrun by huge COVID surge

God of Sight: Prominent Nepal doctor to expand work beyond border

Joy, tears, calls for change after Floyd verdict

TikTok sued for billions over use of children's data

Netflix shares plunge amid fears coronavirus boom is over

Nepal ex-royals test COVID positive after India’s Hindu festival

George Floyd: The murder that drove America to the brink

India COVID ‘storm’ hits new records as oxygen supplies run short

Turkey postpones Afghanistan peace summit over Taliban no-show

Ohio shooting: Columbus police shoot dead black teenage girl

China’s Xi to attend online climate summit with Biden

South Korea court rejects sexual slavery claim against Japan

For India’s poor, lockdown policing adds to pandemic hardships

Football Super League breakaway in ruins after English clubs quit

‘Ocean in crisis’: Global plan to protect world’s seas

Is the Australia-NZ travel bubble the way ahead?

Middle East states dominate list of top executioners in 2020 - Amnesty

US jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of all counts

India Covid-19 second wave: Shortage of oxygen, beds and even cremation slots

Coronapas: The passport helping Denmark open up after Covid

Navalny's supporters fear Russia's Putin wants him dead

Idriss Déby: Chad's future rocked by president's battlefield death

Oscars 2021: The lowdown on the international feature nominees

Blinken to US diplomats: Challenge nations hurting climate effort

Chad’s Idriss Deby wins 6th term as army fends off rebel advance

European Super League: What happens next?

Facebook creates Clubhouse clone Live Audio Rooms

Pakistan asks Taliban to ‘remain engaged’ in Afghan peace process

China’s Xi urges fairer governance, deflects ‘bullying’ charge

Climate change: Carbon 'surge' expected in post-Covid energy boom

Non-stop cremations cast doubt on India’s counting of COVID dead

New Zealand airport worker tests positive day after bubble opens

Brian Sicknick: US Capitol riot policeman 'died of natural causes'

India to start vaccinating all adults over 18 amid surge in infections

Former US Vice-President Walter Mondale dies aged 93

James Charles: YouTube temporarily demonetises beauty influencer

Covid in Uttar Pradesh: Coronavirus overwhelms India's most populous state

EU sanctions Myanmar generals as UN urges ASEAN action

Germany conservatives: Armin Laschet backed by Merkel party in chancellor race

Drought-hit Taiwan rations water to protect tech

'Russia is heading for a catastrophe'

Redonda: The Caribbean island transformed into an eco haven

The Ugandan mum who was once ashamed of her gay son

Oscars 2021: 19 geeky facts from Borat to Boseman

Derek Chauvin trial: Key moments from 14 days of testimony

How a bicycle tripled one woman's income

Spain dismantles workshop making 3D-printed weapons

The best climate solution you've never heard of

European Super League: Breakaway football clubs launch new league

South Africa: Cape Town fire damages nearly 200-year-old library

‘We’ve cried ourselves dry’: COVID overwhelms Manila hospitals

Will Russia attack Ukraine?

‘Like fire-fighting’: China carmakers struggle with chip shortage

India sees new record rise in daily COVID cases and 1,619 deaths

Outcry in Myanmar as military airs images of ‘tortured’ detainees

China says it has no plans to replace dollar with digital yuan

New Indian coal power plants planned despite climate risk: Report

‘Terrorism threat has moved’ from Afghanistan, says top US envoy

Bangladesh cracks down on Islamist group after anti-Modi protests

Students flee devastating fires on slopes of Table Mountain

Abba: Why the UK gave the Swedish band 'nul points' at Eurovision

Byron Bay: Calls for Netflix boycott over reality show plans

Super League: Why are football's biggest clubs starting new tournament?

Hugs, tears as Australia and New Zealand ‘travel bubble’ starts

New UK challenge trial to see whether people can get COVID again

Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand

Time: A love story coloured by incarceration

How product placements may soon be added to classic films

Covid-19 vaccines: What's happening to unused jabs?

Mars helicopter first flight: Nasa to test Ingenuity

Plane ditches in ocean during Florida airshow

War-torn Syria to hold presidential elections on May 26

US backs Japan’s Fukushima plans despite S Korea’s concerns

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits southern Iran

Ukraine-Turkey cooperation has its limits

India continues reporting record high daily COVID cases

Gunmen kill eight members of a family in Afghanistan

COVID roundup: India’s record cases, no masks in Israel

Saudi, Iranian officials held direct talks in Iraq: Report

Prince Philip funeral: Duke of Edinburgh laid to rest

South Africa regulator recommends lifting pause on J&J vaccine

COVID-free Australia ‘in no hurry’ to open its borders

Chad’s Deby takes early election lead as rebels near Ndjamena

US, China agree to tackle climate crisis with urgency

China and US pledge climate change commitment

Minnesota police pledge not to harass journalists at protests

Covid in Brazil: Pandemic meets poverty in growing crisis

How cancer put me off joining Amazon union

India's first 'intimacy coordinator' helps choreograph sex on screen

JD Vance: Trump whisperer turned Senate hopeful

Sindi van Zyl: The 'people's doctor' who revealed her own struggles

Russia Ukraine conflict: Fact-checking Russian TV's Ukraine claims

Iran rejects claim Ukraine’s plane shot down intentionally

Eritrea confirms its troops are fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Russian security service briefly detains Ukrainian diplomat

Lula: ‘Brazil’s businessmen should pray I return as president’

Iran says GCC trying to derail nuclear talks in Vienna

Prince Philip: Small funeral to bid farewell to Duke of Edinburgh

Is Turkey’s economy heading towards another recession?

Israeli air strikes target Gaza again after rocket attack

Myanmar frees thousands of prisoners but many dissidents excluded

The Campaign Against the Climate: Debunking climate change denial

WHO ‘very concerned’ as virus numbers climb in Papua New Guinea

‘Frightening’: Weekend shutdown in Delhi as COVID grips India

Brazil 'needs $10bn to reach zero emissions' says minister

Peru’s Vizcarra banned from public office over vaccine scandal

From pet care to salon bookings: Pompeo ethics abuses reported

Facebook board delays decision about Trump's possible return

On the front line in eastern Ukraine

Sputnik V: How Russia's Covid vaccine is dividing Europe

20 years in Afghanistan: Was it worth it?

India's Kumbh festival attracts big crowds amid devastating second Covid wave

Why IS involvement in Mozambique is exaggerated

Nepal fires: 'We saw huge flames coming towards our garden’

Hijab regulations: Two women's experience

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year for pro-democracy protests

From Germany to Ireland, a fresh push to return the Benin bronzes

Israeli army says it targeted ‘Hamas military sites’ in Gaza

Turkey’s Erdogan, Pakistani PM talk before Afghan peace summit

Brexit pain for UK financial hub is just beginning: Study

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: Arsenal forward treated in hospital for malaria

Pfizer CEO: Third vaccine dose ‘likely’ needed within 12 months

California student body demands ban on caste-based discrimination

Duterte urged to confront Chinese ‘bullying’ in South China Sea

Indianapolis mass shooting: Eight dead at FedEx facility

Indianapolis: Several people shot at FedEx site, gunman dead

Titanic: Searching for the 'missing' Chinese survivors

China posts record economic growth after plunge 12 months ago

India reports another record daily rise in COVID infections

Veteran Hong Kong democracy politicians in court for sentencing

China's economy grows 18.3% in post-Covid comeback

Lula clear to take on Bolsonaro as Brazil court upholds ruling

Chile sees Covid surge despite vaccination success

Jimmy Lai: The Hong Kong billionaire risking it all by speaking out

India's desperate Covid-19 patients turn to black market for drugs

How sex surrogates are helping injured Israeli soldiers

How George Floyd's death changed a small Iowa town

Why Aboriginal people are still dying in police custody

Iraq’s Erbil airport targeted by explosives-laden drone

Casualties reported as Myanmar forces fire at Mandalay protesters

Russian envoy says ‘there is no famine’ in North Korea

Houthis say they attacked Aramco, Patriot targets in Saudi Arabia

The Chinese gymnastics school training children for Olympic glory

Is France legalising Islamophobia?

Hong Kong marks first ‘National Security Education Day’

Instagram fixes ‘mistake’ promoting harmful diet content

Psilocybin: Magic mushroom compound 'promising' for depression

India records over 200,000 new COVID cases for the first time

Taiwan says China’s activities threaten regional stability

US poised to sanction Russia for cyber-attacks

UK COVID-19 variant pushes Cambodia to brink of ‘national tragedy’

India, Pakistan held secret talks on Kashmir in January: Reuters

US vice president to visit Mexico, Guatemala for migration talks

India coronavirus second wave: ‘A Covid tsunami we had never seen before’

St Vincent volcano: UN warns humanitarian crisis will last months

Is China really about to invade Taiwan?

Afghanistan: 'We have won the war, America has lost', say Taliban

Why are so many babies dying of Covid-19 in Brazil?

Why Russia may not be planning invasion Ukraine fears

Is Alibaba's fate a warning to China’s tech giants?

Former world leaders urge Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents

Louisiana ship capsize: Search for survivors from 'lift' vessel

Chinese man kidnapped and killed in elaborate body swap scheme

Minnesota protests continue over police killing of Black man

US protesters rally for third night over killing of Black man

Global stocks hit record high as inflation fears ease

India’s daily COVID infections soar to a new high of 184,372

Japan faces major hurdles with 100 days until Tokyo Olympics

Learn to work with robots, South Korea’s labour minister says

Japan’s economy can handle a change of plan for Olympics: IMF

Afghans face pivotal moment as US prepares to 'close the book'

Bangladesh COVID shutdown triggers exodus from capital Dhaka

Neighbours: Actress Sharon Johal also alleges racism on soap

‘Personal signal’: US’s Biden sends ex-officials to Taiwan

NZ to launch world-first climate change rules

US: Biden administration to proceed with $23bn arms sales to UAE

Grab set for $40bn valuation in US share listing

US, EU condemn move to extend Somalia president’s term

US seeks China climate agreements ahead of Biden summit

Iran nuclear deal: Shadow of sabotage hangs over critical talks

Covid: 'Israel may be reaching herd immunity'

Why $30m didn't protect Nigerian pupils after Chibok

Why 'stay-at-home parent' is a job title

The student loan bubble 'is going to burst'

Taliban refuse to attend Afghan talks in Turkey if held this week

In world first, New Zealand mulls climate law for financial firms

Call for protests as Myanmar marks Thingyan, toll rises to 710

Akanksha Arora: The 34-year-old bidding to be the next UN chief

Why is Kenya trying to close Dadaab and Kakuma again?

Lusail Stadium: Building the stage for the Qatar 2022 final

India’s 161,736 new COVID cases are the world’s highest

Jack Ma’s Ant Group to be revamped amid China regulatory push

Explainer: The toxic water at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant

As Biden meets CEOs to tackle chip shortage, Intel offers hope

Taiwan: 'Record number' of China jets enter airspace

Gruppe S: German far-right group on trial for 'terror plot'

Sputnik V: What we know about India's Covid-19 vaccines

Fukushima: Japan approves releasing wastewater into ocean

World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem'

George Floyd death: The prosecution's case against Derek Chauvin

Japan to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea

Iran and Israel's shadow war takes a dangerous turn

Myanmar coup: The people shot dead since the protests began

Somaliland and Taiwan: Two territories with few friends but each other

The exchange project uniting young Americans during the pandemic

Covid accelerates India's millionaire exodus

The anti-vax movement targeting German children

Protests erupt in Minneapolis after police shoot, kill Black man

Protests after Minneapolis police shoot 20-year-old Daunte Wright

Iran’s Zarif blames Israel for Natanz incident, vows revenge

Protests near Minneapolis after black man shot dead by police

Prince Philip: The Vanuatu tribes mourning the death of their 'god'

Haridwar: Crowds surging at India's Kumbh Mela amid deadly Covid wave

US Federal Reserve chair says economy at ‘inflection point’

Pedro Castillo leads Peru’s presidential race: Exit poll

Cyclone Seroja cuts power to thousands in Western Australia

COVID: India overtakes Brazil as world’s second worst-hit country

Two Korean firms end electric car battery row, averting US ban

China’s Alibaba promises to make life easier for smaller firms

Guillermo Lasso: Conservative ex-banker elected Ecuador president

Bangladesh to impose week-long air travel ban after COVID surge

St Vincent volcano: Eruptions likely in coming days, experts warn

Chinese official says local vaccines 'don't have high protection rates'

Banker Lasso wins surprise victory in Ecuador election

Alibaba accepts record China fine and vows to change

Australia drops vaccine goal after AstraZeneca advice change

Yuri Gagarin: Sixty years since the first man went into space

Camille Pissarro: Transatlantic struggle for painting stolen by Nazis

Why India's forest fires are worrying scientists

Being mixed race like Kamala Harris: 'I feel just as Indian as I feel black'

St Vincent volcano: New ‘explosive event’ causes power cuts

US defence chief in Israel amid Iran nuclear talks

Israel’s democratic immunity is under threat

Chinese vaccines’ effectiveness low, official admits

Future ties at stake as South Korean PM heads to Iran

Chad goes to polls as President Deby seeks to extend 30-year rule

St Vincent volcano: Power cuts after another 'explosive event'

Benin elections: The fight for a democratic future

Cyclone Seroja: Western Australia braces as category two storm nears

How Prince Philip's death was reported worldwide

Ash-covered St Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions

Electrical ‘incident’ hits Iran’s Natanz nuclear site

South African variant can ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine: Study

Serpent star Tahar Rahim on Bafta awards nomination

Real Madrid beat Barcelona to go top of La Liga

‘No one cares’: Lebanon’s financial crisis and domestic workers

China mine rescue: Crews race to free trapped workers in Xinjiang

Kyrgyzstan votes on constitution boosting president’s powers

Opposition sidelined as Benin votes in presidential election

Covid-19: India vaccination crosses 100 million doses

21 workers trapped in flooded mine in China’s Xinjiang

Moscow's palatial Yeliseyevsky food hall closes after 120 years

Ghana's farmers eye sweet success from chocolate

Saint Vincent awaits more volcanic explosions as help offered

Alibaba: Chinese regulator slaps huge fine on tech giant

Iran imposes 10-day restrictions amid sharp rise in COVID cases

Iran unveils new centrifuges, civilian nuclear ‘achievements’

10 Myanmar police killed in attack by ethnic armies: Reports

Saudi Arabia executes 3 soldiers for ‘cooperating with enemy’

Greek PM demands swift probe into journalist’s murder

Unconventional journalists: From Tom Wolfe to Ghassan Kanafani

Vaccine shortages hit poor countries as global deliveries stall

Prince Philip: Biden, Ardern and other world leaders pay tribute to Duke of Edinburgh

How to invest in mRNA vaccines that could revolutionise medicine

Fresh COVID lockdowns worldwide as vaccine efforts stumble

Amina Mohammed: ‘A woman as president of Nigeria would be great’

Mumbai in lockdown as Indian vaccines run short

Veteran ruler Guelleh re-elected Djibouti leader for fifth term

Venezuela detains Sinaloa cartel members in clash near Colombia

Coronavirus: WHO chief criticises 'shocking' global vaccine divide

China fines Alibaba record $2.75bn for anti-monopoly violations

US loosens restrictions on Taiwan contacts in defiance of China

Myanmar UN envoy urges no-fly zone as many protesters killed

Myanmar citizens flee to India to escape violence

South African artists struggle with Covid theatre closures

From 'Porky' to goalie: Peru's presidential candidates

Nike ends lawsuit over ‘Satan Shoes’ after New York firm recall

Rallies, religious gatherings aggravate India’s worst COVID surge

Brazil’s Athletico Paranaense to buy COVID vaccines for fans

Tokyo tightening virus measures nearly 100 days before Olympics