The US government is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in order to speed vaccinations, a federal official said on Sunday.

All 10 living former US defense secretaries, including two Donald Trump appointees, warned Sunday against involving the military in the US presidential transition.

South Korea’s population fell for the first time in 2020, with more people dying than were born, the government said yesterday, warning that towns in poor regions faced a “crisis of extinction”.

Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to serve as US Speaker of the House, was narrowly re-elected to the position Sunday in a deeply divided new Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece.

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union wrote in a New York Times opinion piece on Monday.

A British judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law, saying his mental health problems meant he would be at risk of suicide.

Speculations have been spiralling about the whereabouts of Chinese billionaire Jack Ma as he has not made any public appearance over couple of months.

An Iranian government spokesman says Tehran has begun enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility.

One hundred people were killed on Saturday in attacks on two villages in western Niger, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini said following one of the deadliest days in recent memory for a country ravaged by Islamist violence.

Veteran talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with Covid-19, US media reported Saturday. Citing a “source close to the family,” CNN

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have killed at least 11 workers at a remote coal mine, officials saidyesterday. The victims of the attack in Baluchistan province were from the minority Shia Hazara community.

An Israeli official yesterday dismissed as “nonsense” an allegation by the Iranian foreign minister that Israel was trying to trick the United States into waging war on Iran.

At least 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali, security sources said on Saturday.

A group of Republican senators led by veteran lawmaker Ted Cruz said Saturday they will challenge Joe Biden’s election win -- the latest last-ditch move to support Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the vote.

Another Scottish independence referendum should not take place for a generation, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday, as Scotland’s leader renewed calls for a fresh vote in the wake of Brexit.

Vandals have targeted the homes of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell and Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with graffiti, fake

India’s drugs regulator on Sunday gave final approval for the emergency use of a two-dose coronavirus vaccine, COVISHIELD, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The regulator did not discuss the recommended intervals between shots.

Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalised with Covid-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that tougher lockdown restrictions were probably on the way as Covid-19 cases keep rising, but that schools were safe places and children should continue to attend where permitted.