Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak
Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday when tests came back positive for the virus after three people died and four fell ill...
Myanmar: tanks roll into cities as internet shut down
Myanmar’s internet has been cut overnight on Sunday, hours after armoured vehicles rolled into several cities, prompting fears for the fate of protesters and...
Myanmar Crisis: Draft Cybersecurity Law Sparks Demonstrations Over Military Coup
A draft cybersecurity law due to be implemented in Myanmar has now raised protests that it will be used to quash dissent rather than...
UNHRC adopts Myanmar resolution demanding Aung San Suu Kyi release
The top United Nations human rights body has called on Myanmar to release Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials and to refrain from...
At least six dead, dozens injured in 130-car pileup on icy...
At least six people are dead and dozens more were injured in a massive pileup on an icy Texas interstate that involved more than...
China bans BBC World News from broadcasting
China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday.
China has criticised the BBC for...
U.S. CDC recommends double masking to help slow Covid-19 transmission
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday began recommending that Americans wear a cloth mask over a medical mask to slow the...
US announces sanctions on leaders Myanmar coup
US President Joe Biden has approved an executive order to impose sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar’s coup.
The measures will be focused on military...
WHO recommends Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs for COVID variants and over-65s
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be used for people aged over 65, and also where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating, WHO experts said...
Europe’s oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday
A French nun who is Europe's oldest person has survived Covid-19, just days before her 117th birthday.
Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister...

















