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Facebook news blackout over media law sparks Australia backlash
From early Thursday, Australians were unable to post links to news articles or view the Facebook pages of local and international news outlets, while users logged in overseas could not view Australian news pages.
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Biden, Netanyahu put signs of chill to rest with long-awaited call
The White House said Biden registered 'support' for a series of agreements brokered by his predecessor Donald Trump on normalizing relations between Israel and Arab and Muslim countries.
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Driver arrested for allegedly killing Nicki Minaj's father in hit-and-run
Charles Polevich, 70, was charged with 'Leaving the Scene of an Accident with a Fatality and Tampering with Evidence'.
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UK's Prince Philip spending second night in hospital as 'precaution'
The 99-year-old was said to be "in good spirits" in the private King Edward VII Hospital in Marylebone, where the palace said he was taken on Tuesday evening after feeling unwell.
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Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year: NGO
The worst-affected was New Delhi, the most polluted capital on Earth, where around 54,000 deaths are estimated to have occurred due to hazardous PM2.5 airborne particles, according to a report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia.
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Power outages leave millions shivering in deadly US cold snap
The Arctic weather system has overwhelmed local utility companies, infuriating residents left to huddle under coats and blankets and fend for themselves.
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Merkel voices 'concern' over Iran deal in Rouhani call
"She expressed her concern that Iran continues to fail to meet its obligations under the nuclear agreement," spokesman Steffen Seibert said in a statement.
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Trump rages, Biden yawns
But on Tuesday he returned, firing a remarkable broadside not at the Democrats or Biden but at Senator Mitch McConnell, the senior Republican in Congress.
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UK's Prince Philip taken to hospital as 'precaution'
The 99-year-old was taken to the private King Edward VII Hospital on Tuesday evening, the palace said, adding that it was "a precautionary measure.
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UK virus variant spreading rapidly in Germany: minister
The rise comes despite Germany partially closing its borders in an attempt to stem the spread of the new variants.
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Digital warfare: Myanmar's cyber crackdown explained
These moves by the new junta have deepened worries that internet-hungry Myanmar will no longer have access to real-time information, be largely cut off from the outside world and face draconian punishments for some online posts.
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Trump sued for Capitol attack under 'Ku Klux Klan Act'
Bennie Thompson accused Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers of violating the 1871 act by supporting efforts to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as the new US president.
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New COVID-19 cases down 16% last week: WHO
Five of the six WHO regions of the world reported a double-digit percentage decline in new cases, with only the Eastern Mediterranean showing a rise, of seven percent.
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New Zealand ends snap virus lockdown in largest city
The stay-at-home order for the city of almost two million was issued on Sunday after three community cases emerged, the first lockdown in Auckland for almost six months.
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EU to launch programme for 'second generation' COVID-19 vaccines
Member states will also be asked to contribute additional funds so the EU can adapt and modify contracts already signed with vaccine providers and secure doses against future variants, Bloomberg reported.
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Trump urges Senate Republicans to dump McConnell
In his most extensive comments yet on politics since stepping down from power on 20 January, Trump also claimed credit for some Republican gains in the 3 November election and threatened to use his influence against party candidates who don't align with him.
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UN envoy warns Myanmar facing violence escalation as protesters hit streets
Much of the country has been in open revolt since troops deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's government at the start of the month and took the civilian leader into custody, charging her under an obscure import law.
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NY governor Cuomo's star fades as pandemic pressure builds
Late last week, Cuomo's top aide admitted in a call with Democratic lawmakers that the state had withheld data because it feared an investigation by Trump's justice department.
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WTO needs to show results on economic crisis, vaccines: Okonjo-Iweala
Her immediate goals are to ensure vaccines are produced and distributed worldwide, not just for rich nations, and to resist the push towards protectionism that worsened during the pandemic, so that free trade can help the economic recovery.
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Snap lockdown quashes Melbourne outbreak, tennis fans poised to return
Snap restrictions were ordered last Friday after a small outbreak of the more infectious UK coronavirus variant prompted fears Australia's successful battle to contain the pandemic could be undone.
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At least three dead in North Carolina tornado
The twister tore into the southern part of the state late Monday, particularly impacting two coastal communities in Brunswick County.
