Boris Johnson is to face MPs later at Prime Minister's Questions amid demands for him to say whether he attended a drinks event in the Downing Street garden during lockdown. It will be the PM's first public appearance since it emerged ... Read More

Joe Biden US President Joe Biden has called for a historic change to Senate rules as he seeks to overhaul the country's election laws. In an impassioned speech, he said he supported changes that would allow his voting reforms to be passed ... Read More

The centre-left politician and former journalist became European Parliament president in 2019 European Parliament President David Sassoli has died at the age of 65, his spokesman says. The Italian former journalist and centre-left politician had been seriously ill for more than two ... Read More

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday he plans to ask European officials to consider treating COVID-19 more like an endemic illness — a regularly occurring milder disease like the flu — and move away from the detailed tracking system ... Read More

Vladimir Putin - Russia President The U.S. and Russia have launched "frank and forthright" discussions aimed at de-escalating tensions between the two powers as Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to station an estimated 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, the White ... Read More

Surgeon Bartley P. Griffith pictured with David Bennett earlier this month A US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. David Bennett, 57, is doing well three days after the experimental ... Read More

Queen Elizabeth II Buckingham Palace has unveiled the full line-up of celebrations to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this year. Street parties, a concert with some of the world's "biggest entertainment stars" and a chance to see the Queen's homes up close ... Read More

The Nobel laureate has been in custody since a military coup last February A court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison, in the latest of a series of trials. She was convicted ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely to make people seriously ill than previous Covid variants. But the record ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday called on the global community to ensure all nations have at least 70% of their populations vaccinated by July of this year, saying the pandemic will not end until it happens. During a COVID-19 briefing ... Read More