The hoarding of Covid-19 vaccines by rich countries is not only unethical but will also prolong the pandemic, UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday in Geneva.
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny‘s detention upon arrival at a Moscow airport is an attempt to silence him and other critical voices in Russia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday evening.
The Dutch government has resigned following a scandal involving child benefits, media and news agency ANP reported in The Hague on Friday. The move comes just a few weeks before planned parliamentary elections in March. The government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte was responding to the scandal in which some 20,000 parents had been falsely
An international team of experts tasked with studying the origin of the Covid-19 outbreak has arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, officials confirmed Thursday.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol siege, making him the first president in history to be impeached twice.
Pope Francis on Monday changed church law to open up certain roles to women at Mass, formalizing a practice that has already been in place in many Catholic communities around the world.
Twitter permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account from its platform on Friday, citing a risk of further incitement of violence. Twitter suspended his account for 12 hours on Wednesday after he encouraged supporters to head to the Capitol, which led to a deadly storming of the building and halted a Congressional joint sitting. The
US Vice President Mike Pence has not engaged in any discussions with Cabinet members on invoking the 25th Amendment despite White House staff openly questioning Donald Trump’s fitness for office in the final days of his presidency, an administration official told McClatchy on Thursday.
I couldn’t believe the images of violence and chaos in Washington I was seeing. Much like, on April 27, 2017, I couldn’t believe this was happening in our highest legislative house, Defense Minister Radmila Shekerinska wrote in a social media post on Thursday.
Zoran Zaev has condemned the violence in Washington after pro-Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol. “Worrying and disturbing scenes from Washington DC last night. Violence has to be condemned and we hope and believe that democracy will prevail. That’s the only way forward”, he tweeted.