China successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported yesterday, marking a great

Malnutrition in conflict-hit Yemen has reached record levels, narrowing the window of opportunity to prevent a famine, the UN has said, as the coronavirus and funding shortfalls threaten a humanitarian perfect storm.

Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton as well as President-elect Joe Biden are volunteering to take a coronavirus vaccine on camera if it will help promote public confidence.

The World Health Organization said it was considering introducing electronic vaccination certificates, as hopes for an end to the pandemic were boosted after Britain became the first country to approve use of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Beijing yesterday lashed out at a claim by the US intelligence chief that China is the “greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide”, calling it a “hodgepodge of lies”.

Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he’s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

TIME, TIME for Kids and Nickelodeon announced 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao from Colorado as the 2020 Kid of the Year, the multiplatform initiative recognising extraordinary young leaders who are making a positive impact in their communities.

Back-to-back hurricanes Eta and Iota internally displaced more than half a million people in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, according to International Organization for Migration data. The UN agency has said at least a third could be displaced for more than three months, hampering their ability to earn a living and rebuild their lives.

US President-elect Joe Biden has said he would publicly take a coronavirus vaccine to demonstrate its safety to the public and pledged to retain the nation’s top adviser on the pandemic, Anthony Fauci, when he takes office next month

Debretsion Gebremichael, the leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigrayan forces, has said that protests were breaking out in the regional capital which fell to federal troops days ago in their month-long war.

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted Wednesday to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, which could impact the global medical marijuana industry.

Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton have said they would volunteer to get their Covid-19 vaccines publicly to promote confidence among people in the vaccine’s safety once the US Food and Drug Administration authorises one, reports CNN.

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was remanded into custody yesterday after being charged with fraud, the latest in a string of prosecutions brought

Japan wants to ban sales of new petrol cars in around 15 years’ time as part of efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, reports said yesterday. The

Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, a leading advocate of European integration who led his country into a new modern era, has died of

A Chinese space probe sent to gather material from a previously unexplored part of the moon has completed its mission and is preparing to send back

The United States will block imports of cotton it says are harvested with “slave labor” in China’s Xinjiang region, authorities have announced.

From small island states to urbanised powerhouses, every country on Earth faces “multiplying and intensifying” threats to human health as climate change renders future pandemics and system collapses ever more likely, a major study concluded yesterday.

Indian film superstar Rajinikanth yesterday became the latest in a long line of big-name actors to enter politics.

President-elect Joe Biden has signaled he will return the United States to a nuclear accord with Iran before quickly launching talks on other concerns,