Covid: WHO Warns Pandemic Not Over Amid Europe Case Records
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning to world leaders that the coronavirus pandemic "is nowhere near over".
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned against the assumption that the newly dominant Omicron variant is significantly milder and ... Read More
US Civil Rights Leaders Push For Voting Rights Overhaul
Descendants of slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and their supporters marched on Washington Monday to urge Senate Democrats to overcome Republican opposition and obstruction within their own ranks to push through a national overhaul of voting ... Read More
French Parliament Approves COVID Vaccine Pass
France's parliament gave final approval on Sunday to the government's latest measures to tackle COVID-19, including a vaccine pass contested by anti-vaccine protesters.
Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voted 215-58, paving the way for the measure to enter force ... Read More
UN Grants $150 Million In Aid For 13 Underfunded Crises
The United Nations is allocating $150 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to support seriously underfunded humanitarian operations in 13 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.Topping the list of underfunded crises are Syria, the Democratic ... Read More
Boris Johnson’s Staff Accused Of More Rule-Breaking Pa...
Boris Johnson is already facing calls to resign over a drinks gathering he admitted to attending in May 2020
Downing Street staff have been accused of holding two leaving parties in No 10 on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh's ... Read More
US Supreme Court Blocks Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Mand...
Americans have become intensely divided over Covid-19 vaccine mandates
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden's rule requiring workers at large companies to be vaccinated or masked and tested weekly.
The justices at the nation's highest court said the mandate ... Read More
Boris Johnson: Senior Tories Urge PM To Quit After Party Apo...
Boris Johnson is facing calls from senior Tories to resign after he admitted attending a drinks party during lockdown.
The prime minister apologised for the way he handled the event in the Downing Street garden in May 2020 and said he ... Read More
Turkish Court Hands Life Sentence To Award-Winning Journalis...
In this Oct. 7, 2014, photo, Turkish riot police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse people protesting against Turkey's policy in Syria, in Diyarbakir, Turkey.
When a gunfight erupted during clashes in Diyarbakir in October 2014, video journalist Rojhat ... Read More
German Court Finds Syrian Colonel Guilty Of Crimes Against H...
Syrians stood outside the court in Koblenz clutching photos of victims of the civil war
A German court has sentenced a Syrian colonel to life in prison for crimes against humanity in a landmark case.
Anwar Raslan, 58, was linked to the ... Read More
Covid: Half Of Europe To Be infected With Omicron Within Wee...
The World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will have caught the Omicron Covid variant within the next six to eight weeks.
Dr Hans Kluge said a "west-to-east tidal wave" of Omicron was sweeping across the region, on top ... Read More