A 28-year-old man has been jailed for four months for slapping French President Emmanuel Macron in the face.
Damien Tarel was quickly arrested after the...
Russian authorities have ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay steep fines for failing to remove banned content.
The move could be part...
Japan’s relations with Taiwan are non-governmental and practical and are based on Tokyo’s recognition of China as the sole legitimate government, a top Japanese...
Wild weather in south-east Australia has toppled trees, trapping people in cars and houses and cutting power to more than 200,000 properties as many...
A three-storey dilapidated building has collapsed following heavy monsoon rains in the Indian city of Mumbai, killing at least 11 people and injuring seven...
The World Health Organisation’s Europe director has warned the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified in India is “poised to take hold in the...
Pope Francis has refused to accept the resignation offered by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx over the sex abuse scandal in the church.
However, he said...
Widespread strikes in Greece have brought public transport and other services to a halt.
Members of the country’s largest unions have protested against employment reforms...
Washington state’s new “joints for jabs” programme linked to Covid-19 vaccinations is off to a rough start.
Officials announced on Monday the state’s nearly 500...
