The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), wins the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.

China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), it said on Friday, giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump has declared his Covid-19 illness a “blessing from God,” as he got back to work in the Oval Office despite warnings that his return could put others at risk.

Britain’s Prince William yesterday launched a “prestigious” environmental prize aimed at turning “pessimism into optimism” by rewarding innovative solutions to the planet’s biggest problems.

China was accused by Taiwan of trying to impose censorship in India after its embassy in New Delhi advised journalists to observe the “one-China” principle after newspapers carried advertisements for Taiwan’s national day.

All US troops in Afghanistan should be “home by Christmas,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, just hours after his national security adviser said Washington would reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by early next year.

The EU must stand up to Russia when it violates international norms, France and Germany’s foreign ministers said on Thursday, adding that a decision to push sanctions over the poisoning of a Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny did not end dialogue.

The European Parliament has called for the EU to step up its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions in response to climate change. Lawmakers voted late Wednesday to press the bloc to slash emissions by at least 60 percent by 2030 -- a bigger cut than currently proposed by the European Commission, the EU executive.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s party is projected to be one seat short of a being able to govern alone, and has a double-digit lead over its rival, with just over a week to the general election, an opinion poll showed yesterday.

Kuwait’s new Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah took the oath of office in parliament yesterday, pledging the Gulf Arab state’s commitment to democracy and peace and calling on Kuwaitis to shun divisions.

US President Donald Trump yesterday called Kamala Harris, who is making US history as the first Black woman vice presidential candidate, a “monster.”

American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature for works exploring family and childhood in an "unmistakable...voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal", the Swedish Academy has said.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris are set to hit the campaign trail in two battleground states a day after a sedate debate marked by disagreements over the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

British Airways’ last jumbo jets bade farewell to London today but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the “Queen of the Skies” which brought long-haul flights to the masses.

Facebook on Wednesday said it will stop running political or social issue ads after the US polls close on November 3 to reduce chances of confusion or abuse.

Prince William has joined forces with renowned British broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough to launch a new environmental award, the Earthshot Prize, which has grand ambitions to “incentivize change and help to repair our planet over the next 10 years.”

The Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded today after several years of controversy and scandal for the world’s pre-eminent literary accolade.

India reported 72,049 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, dropping from the daily highs of last month in a sign infections were peaking for now, officials and experts said.

President Donald Trump continued to defy the Covid-19 virus, disastrous opinion polls and new economic turmoil in a stormy return from hospitalization, while surging challenger Joe Biden appealed for Americans to unite against the “forces of darkness.”

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin faced a quieter day than usual yesterday after handing power to a 16-year-old as part of a campaign to promote girls’ rights.