Russian police have detained more than 2,000 people in a crackdown on protests in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, monitors say. Tens of thousands of people defied a heavy police presence to join some of the largest rallies...
All international passengers will soon have to test negative for Covid-19 before travelling to the UK. People arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country...
Rapper Nicki Minaj will pay singer Tracy Chapman $450,000 (£332,000) to settle a copyright dispute after sampling one of her songs. Chapman sued Minaj in 2018, saying she had used portions of Baby, Can I Hold You Tonight in her...
With the parting words "Here we go, 40 days, in 40 days we have to be back here," yacht skipper Charles Caudrelier and five other crew members set off on a mission to break the world record for sailing round...
A new variant of coronavirus has been detected in four travellers arriving in Tokyo from Brazil, Japan's Health Ministry announced on Sunday. The mutation, which is different from those already documented in the UK and South Africa, is the latest...
Sweden's parliament on Friday voted in favour of a new pandemic law giving the government power to close certain businesses or limit visitor numbers and opening hours, which will come into effect from January 10th. Parliament was recalled from its...
Hospitals across Sweden are now postponing urgent operations to make room for coronavirus patients, a survey by Sweden's state broadcaster SR has found. Every one of the country's 21 regional healthcare authorities reported being in a "strained" or "very strained"...
Under normal circumstances this would have been one of the busiest weeks in the tech calendar. Thousands of new products would have been unveiled; chief executives and celebrities would have vied for attention; and robots would have probably malfunctioned on...
CGN wanted to develop the mine, but the indigenous Maya community objected, arguing that much of the company's land belonged to them. The company said it engaged in talks to negotiate their resettlement but members of the Maya community said...
Manchester United drew level with archrival Liverpool on points at the top of the English Premier League as a sweetly struck Bruno Fernandes penalty secured a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at Old Trafford. Fernandes' 15th goal of the season...
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