Albanian Foreign Ministry says the diplomat had "continued to violate measures to protect against the pandemic".

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit back at the search giant saying "we don't respond to threats" after Google said it would remove its services from the country.

House Democrats have already voted to impeach Trump for a second time over charges he incited the assault by his supporters on the US Capitol building which left five people dead.

Favoured by Trump supporters, Parler was removed from the Google and Apple app stores and kicked off Amazon's its web-hosting service following violence at the US Capitol.

A majority of the Japanese think the Olympic Games in the capital should be postponed again or cancelled amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

US deaths have surged past 400,000, and the new president noted projections that they could reach 500,000 in a month.

With vaccination programmes being rolled out across the continent, health authorities are keen to see them adopted by all communities. But against them are anti-vaxx campaigns.

The elephants are counted using a computer algorithm trained to identify the creatures against a variety of backdrops.

Austrian authorities have confirmed they are investigating reports that non-priority citizens, including mayors, have received COVID-19 vaccines.

"After a hard internal struggle, some brave girls and I decided to stand in the way of a dark circle of abuse. We will not give up," said actress Milena Radulovic

Supporters of the baseless QAnon theory believed that Donald Trump would remain US President to fight against supposed enemies in the "deep state".

Russia has ordered TikTok and other social networks to restrict online calls for nationwide protests in support of detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

The Netherlands will now join the likes of France, Belgium, Italy, Greece and some areas of Germany in introducing the night-time restrictions.

While the whole region was waiting to get at least some vaccines from the COVAX scheme, a plane from China landed in Belgrade with a million doses on board.

Passenger numbers on the cross-channel train service have been down 95% since March and are currently believed to be less than 1% of pre-pandemic levels.

Ralph & Russo, the British clothes label, is taking the fashion world by storm. They are expanding globally and dressing some of the world's icons. Euronews' Jane Witherspoon gets the lowdown on the brand.

French hospital workers demand more resources to cope with the relentless influx of COVID-19 patients.

Flood warnings in parts of northern England and Wales are in force after Storm Christoph brought swollen rivers and hundreds of evacuations.

Researchers have said around 52,000 deaths in Europe could be prevented each year if emissions are cut to WHO guidelines.

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Industry insiders have said the decision to cancel will have ramifications for other festivals scheduled in 2021 due to Glastonbury's scale and significance.

Angelo Caloia's lawyer and son were also found guilty and handed prison sentences.

Portugal will head to the polls on Sunday to choose a new President, despite pandemic lockdown measures still in place. We take a look at Chega!, a right-wing party pushing to get through to the second round.

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The shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea is the first maritime disaster in 2021 involving migrants and refugees seeking better lives in Europe.

Despite being down to ten men, Segunda División’s Alcoyano overcame 19-time Copa del Rey winners Real Madrid with a 115th minute winner.

International organisations are calling any breaks between the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine doses not to be extended beyond 21 days. Both Pfizer and Moderna also do not support the delay strategy touted by UK authorities.

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"If the level of this variant were to increase significantly and we followed an English trajectory, a lockdown would probably become an absolute necessity," Véran told the French Senate's Law Commission.

The nighttime display followed performances by a parade of celebrities who descended on Washington to welcome the new Biden-Harris administration.

Cuba wants to produce 100 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine this year, which would be the first developed in Latin America.

With Democrats in control of the White House and Congress, Republicans face profound questions about what the party stands for without Donald Trump in charge.

Rescuers have been in contact with some trapped workers and have delivered supplies since the January 10 explosion at a new gold mine under construction in the eastern Shandong province.

The sanctions are largely symbolic but underscore Beijing’s antipathy toward a US administration it regarded as hostile.

The new president signed the orders just hours after taking the oath of office at the Capitol.

The poem, which she finished in the wake of the Capitol Hill riots, was about unity in the US.

US President Joseph R Biden Jr implored Americans to come together in an inauguration speech that highlighted several challenges he faces including the COVID-19 pandemic and rise of white supremacy.

We've picked the best pictures of the day, from Trump leaving the White House for the final time to Biden's first speech as US president.

Biden later pledged to be "a president for all Americans".

A person is admitted to hospital in the UK every 30 seconds, UK officials have said.

Trump, who departed the White House shortly after 14:00 CET with his wife, Melania, said it had been "a great honour, the honour of a lifetime" to serve as president.

The top ranks of American politics have historically been dominated by men, almost all of them white. That's now coming to an end.

Overwhelmed customs services and IT problems in the UK are to blame for trade disruption under post-Brexit rules, say companies and authorities in France.

The building is flanked by a school and a nursing home in Spain's capital. Residents from the latter were being evacuated shortly after the blast, according to eyewitnesses.

Joe Biden fulfills a decades-long ambition in becoming the 46th President of the United States. A former Vice President, Senator and three-time candidate for the nation's highest office, it's been a long road to the White House.

The 15 executive actions are an attempt to essentially rewind the last four years of federal policies.

In a letter to The Times, over 100 musicians say post-Brexit European tours "will now need costly work permits and a mountain of paperwork" for equipment.

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A video praising his administration's legacy and listing economic and foreign policy achievements was released for Trump's final presidential address.

"Democracy has prevailed," Biden said as he was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. The new president emphasised a need for the country to come together and be united.