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Australia buys extra 20m Pfizer doses as it pivots from AstraZeneca

Australia has finalised a deal to buy an extra 20 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine as it rapidly pivots away from its earlier...

Military limits internet use as Myanmar information blackout worsens

The junta began limiting access to the internet and confiscating satellite dishes as the information blackout worsened in Myanmar. Fiber broadband service, the last legal...

Ukraine’s president visits conflict zone in east of country

Ukraine’s president visited the area of conflict in his country’s east amid an escalation of tensions that has raised fears of a resumption of...

Australia to restrict use of AstraZeneca vaccine with ‘necessary precautions’

Australia became the latest country to restrict use of the AstraZeneca vaccine by recommending that it not be given to people under age 50. The...

German health minister says EU will not order Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Germany’s health minister says the European Union will not order Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine and his country will hold bilateral talks with Russia...

India reports record surge in coronavirus cases

New coronavirus cases in India have hit a daily record of 126,789. The figure came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi got his second vaccine dose...

Bolsonaro rejects lockdown despite Brazils’ record Covid-19 death toll

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said there will be “no national lockdown” a day after the nation saw its highest number of Covid-19 deaths. Brazil’s...

Alexei Navalny’s lawyer says he is suffering from double hernia

A lawyer for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has complained of serious back and leg pain in custody, says doctors have found...

Efforts to salvage stricken cargo ship off Norway postponed for a day

Bad weather conditions have postponed efforts to salvage a Dutch cargo ship that has been drifting off the coast of Norway for two days...

Divers rescue Thai Buddhist monk trapped in flooded cave

A Buddhist monk who was trapped by floodwaters inside a cave in northern Thailand for four days has been rescued by divers, a provincial...

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