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Atlanta mayor turns down Biden’s Cabinet offer

High profile Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has turned down an opportunity to serve in President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet, a spokesperson for the mayor...

Japan and South Korea set new daily Covid-19 records

Japan’s daily coronavirus cases have exceeded 3,000 for the first time as the government delays stricter measures for fear of hurting the economy ahead...

Dozens arrested in Paris protest against new security law

Police in Paris have arrested dozens of people during a tense and ill-tempered demonstration against a proposed security law, with officers wading into the...

AstraZeneca buying drug developer in £30bn deal

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is to buy US drug developer Alexion in a deal worth almost £30 billion. Cambridge-based AstraZeneca, which is developing a Covid-19 vaccine,...

Overkill: Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China

A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests in a central China...

US grants Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine FDA approval

The US gave the final go-ahead on Friday to the nation’s first Covid-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of...

White House threatens FDA chief’s job over vaccine approval

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Friday pressed Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn to grant an emergency use authorisation for...

Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory

The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory. The decision ends a desperate attempt...

Graduate thanks Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition

A US student who has just graduated has thanked rap star Nicki Minaj for paying his tuition. Three years ago, someone on Twitter reached out...

Award-winning South Korean director Kim Ki-duk dies with Covid-19

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 but later faced allegations of trying to...

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