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Hong Kong reports more than 6,000 new cases in coronavirus surge

Hong Kong officials have reported 15 coronavirus deaths and more than 6,000 confirmed cases for a second day in its latest infection surge. The government...

Russia to stage nuclear drills with Ukraine tensions high

Russia has announced massive nuclear drills while Western leaders grasped for ways to avert a new war in Europe amid soaring East-West tensions, after...

Germany has passed Omicron peak, says health minister

Germany’s health minister has said he thinks the country has passed the peak of new daily infections with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Karl...

Rebel leader in east Ukraine announces civilian evacuation

Separatists in eastern Ukraine have announced they are evacuating civilians to Russia, as spiking tensions in the region aggravated Western fears of a Russian...

Two trapped and 11 missing after ferry fire near Greek island

Firefighters and rescuers raced to free two truck drivers still trapped in a burning ferry off north-western Greece on Friday after most of the...

Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa

Canadian police began arresting protesters on Friday in a bid to break up a nearly three-week protest against the country’s Covid-19 restrictions. Officers were seen...

Portugal winds down Covid restrictions as cases fall

Portugal’s government has announced it is winding down coronavirus restrictions, following the path of other European countries where a surge in cases blamed on...

Biden: ‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine

US President Joe Biden has warned that Russia could still invade Ukraine within days. Nato allies accused Russia of misleading the world with “disinformation” by...

Rights group documents ‘suppression of fundamental liberties’ in Vietnam

More than 170 activists have been put under house arrest, blocked from travelling and sometimes assaulted by agents of the Vietnamese government in a...

Brazil mudslide death toll reaches 105, with dozens missing

Rio de Janeiro state’s government has confirmed 105 deaths from floods and mudslides that swept away homes and cars in the city of Petropolis. Rubens...

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