Britain yesterday sought to turn a page with France after a cross-continental diplomatic crisis centred on alleged perfidy over a submarine contract with Australia.

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday recommended the synthetic antibody treatment Regeneron for Covid-19, but only in patients with specific health profiles.

The United States said Thursday that Iran has given no hint that it wants to return to stalled talks over reviving the Iranian nuclear deal.

The United Nations chief yesterday called for the world to redouble its renewable energy efforts to avert a climate emergency and address global energy poverty.

Faced with what they see as an existential threat, leaders from low-lying and island nations implored rich countries at the United Nations General Assembly this week to act more forcefully against a warming planet.

Some EU Member States have observed malicious cyber activities, collectively designated as ‘Ghostwriter’, and associated these with the Russian state.” 

A gunman killed one person, wounded 12 and then apparently killed himself at a Tennessee supermarket on Thursday, pursuing panicked shoppers and employees as they fled down the aisles while some took refuge in store freezers, police said.

A Congolese journalist suspected of having information about the 2017 killing of two UN experts in central Democratic Republic of Congo was charged on Wednesday, the military prosecutor’s office said.

Tunisian President Kais Saied took exceptional measures on Wednesday that strengthen the powers of his office at the expense of the government and parliament, which he will effectively replace with rule by decree.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday the country should aim for a 90%-plus rate of inoculation, and could drop strict coronavirus lockdown measures once enough people were vaccinated.

The five permanent UN Security Council members found common ground Wednesday on Afghanistan with officials saying all the powers would press the Taliban to be more inclusive after their military takeover.

Humanity needs to “grow up” and deal with the issue of climate change, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

Alphabet Inc’s Google yesterday said it was suing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) following the leak of a confidential CCI report into an antitrust investigation of the US tech giant.

All six people on board an ageing Antonov An-26 transport plane that crashed in the Russian far east the previous day have been killed, Russia's emergency services ministry said on Thursday.

Federal Judge orders Facebook to publish records of accounts related to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar, closed by social media giants, to protect privacy as “sarcastic” I refused the claim.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France on Wednesday to get a grip and give allies in the United States and Australia a break over a row about a trilateral nuclear submarine deal that tore up a separate French contract.

France will send its ambassador back to Washington next week after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden agreed in a phone call Wednesday to meet next month over a submarine spat that sent relations between the longtime allies into a tailspin.

European allies rallied cautiously around France on Tuesday after the US and Australian decision to strip Paris of a submarine supply contract, but some warned the dispute should not torpedo trade talks.

The US Space Force unveiled its new dress uniform design Tuesday, aiming to make a future-forward mark for the Pentagon’s newest uniformed service.

President Joe Biden was set to push world leaders yesterday to do more to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, and announce a US pledge to buy 500 million more vaccine doses to donate to other countries.