Brazil late start on vaccinations fuels public ire January 23, 2021 at 08:08PM

The inoculation drive so far involves six million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac, and two million of the British AstraZeneca-Oxford jab, which arrived Friday after several delays from India where they are made.

Czech trainers teach dogs to sniff out Covid January 23, 2021 at 06:53PM

"Good boy!" exclaims Lenka Vlachova, a trainer working at Prague's fire brigade, as jagdterrier Renda sits down by one sample, wagging his tail.

France laws on child sex abuse must change: Macron January 23, 2021 at 06:41PM

French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday the law had to change to better protect victims of child sexual abuse, after thousands shared their stories in response to a newly published book.

Willing to establish 'new path' with US: Maduro January 23, 2021 at 06:38PM

One of 22 trapped miners rescued from Chinese mine January 23, 2021 at 06:09PM

Portuguese brave lockdown for presidential polls January 23, 2021 at 05:05PM

Polls point to a first-round win for Rebelo de Sousa, a former political commentator turned approachable head of state known for candid moments like queueing at the supermarket in shorts, plunging into the sea to help girls whose canoe had capsized or sharing a meal with homeless people.

Sexual abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war January 23, 2021 at 05:47AM

The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. "He said: 'Choose, either I kill you or rape you'," the 25-year-old told Reuters at the Hamdayet refugee camp in Sudan where she had fled from Tigray region conflict. Aid workers have received multiple such reports.

Wuhan marks a year since Covid lockdown as others scramble January 23, 2021 at 04:46AM

The Chinese city of Wuhan marked one year since the start of its traumatic 76-day coronavirus lockdown Saturday, while the pandemic raged elsewhere and governments scrambled to put in place new measures.

Larry King, broadcasting giant, dies at 87 January 23, 2021 at 03:30AM

King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded, tweeted. No cause of death was given, but CNN had earlier reported he was hospitalized with COVID-19. A longtime nationally syndicated radio host, from 1985 through 2010 he was a nightly fixture on CNN, where he won many honors, including two Peabody awards.

Pak anti-terrorism court jails Hafiz Saeed's 3 aides January 23, 2021 at 01:03AM

A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court has sentenced three leaders of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) terrorist organisation to six months in prison in a case of terror financing. ​​Saeed's brother-in-law Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki, JuD spokesperson Yahya Mujahid and Zafar Iqbal were handed down the six-month imprisonment each by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore.

Portugal holds presidential election as Covid- cases spiral January 23, 2021 at 01:32AM

Portuguese voters - largely confined to their homes due to a strict Covid-19 lockdown - will pick a new president on Sunday, but many fear going to the polls could worsen a surge in coronavirus cases and low turnout is expected.

At least 100 people detained in Moscow before Navalny's rally January 23, 2021 at 01:24AM

Police in Moscow detained at least 100 people on Saturday ahead of a rally in the centre of the Russian capital in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a Reuters witness said. Navalny called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend when he returned to Moscow for the first time since being poisoned in August with a military-grade nerve agent. Navalny had been treated in Germany.

Police in Moscow detain at least 100 people before rally called by Navalny January 23, 2021 at 12:39AM

Mobile phone and internet services in Russia suffered outages on Saturday as police cracked down on anti-Kremlin protesters, the monitoring site downdetector.ru showed.

Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown January 22, 2021 at 09:59PM

Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city's first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans about 10,000 people living inside multiple housing blocks within the neighbourhood of Jordan from leaving their apartment until all members in the area have undergone testing and the results are mostly ascertained.

$1B Mega Millions prize a result of long odds, slow sales January 22, 2021 at 09:55PM

Papua New Guinea hit by 5.7 magnitude earthquake January 22, 2021 at 09:39PM

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake was registered on Saturday in the eastern part of Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was recorded at 03:19 GMT, 36 kilometers (over 22 miles) northwest of the town of Finschhafen. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 29.3 kilometers.