Moscow has been locked down and there is a heavy police presence in other Russian cities.

UK trade with the Pacific partner nations was worth 111 billion pounds in 2019 - around six times less than the business it conducts with the EU.

The rally was organised by a new right-wing political party that has opposed same-sex marriage and supported clerics that have defied coronavirus restrictions.

Players from Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United have been targeted by online abuse.

The newly inaugurated American president has had a hard time getting support for his $1.9 trillion (€1.6 trillion) COVID-19 relief plan from Republicans.

Preliminary reports indicate that the tractor-trailer skidded and veered onto the opposite lane near Syzran in the Samara region.

Many commercial pilots, after years of training, are being forced to look for other forms of work, with the coronavirus pandemic decimating the travel industry and leaving aircraft grounded.

Protests against Poland's new abortion law take place in cities across the country.

The coronavirus was initially widely seen as the great equalizer, infecting rich and poor. But studies have since shown that some people are more vulnerable than others, including the world's poorest.

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Europe's tightening of coronavirus measures includes severe travel restrictions in attempts to keep out new variants

Sheikh Mohammed wrote on Twitter that hereditary rulers in the country's seven emirates and at the federal level would nominate those for citizenship.

With no paying visitors or state aid big enough for its very particular needs, it still faces huge bills to keep 2,000 animals fed and healthy.

Voronkov said there are children from 60 countries in the camps who are the responsibility of their member states, not of Syria or the groups that control the camps.

Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital was one of the city’s first to deal with patients in early 2020 suffering from a then-unknown virus and is a key part of the epidemiological history of the disease.

The European Commission confirmed that it would not enact the emergency Article 16 clause of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

France is to close its borders to countries outside the European Union from Sunday, but has stopped short of imposing a new lockdown as the country continues to battle the spread of coronavirus.

Experts have noticed an increase in cyber-addiction in young people since the start of the pandemic. What is real cyber-addiction and can we do anything about it?

The long-standing demands for self-determination by Catalan separatists, the handling of the pandemic and its economic fallout are the main issues being debated during the run-up to the vote.

From Saturday Germany will close its borders to arrivals from five countries that are affected by COVID-19 variants, in order to "protect the German population" the German health ministry said.

Police say a 32-year-old Berlin man was arrested on allegations he had been making radio contact with air traffic, including police helicopters, and given fake flight orders while impersonating an aviation official.

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The independent panel also issued nine policy recommendations to the company in its first review of Facebook's content moderation.

The proposed law allowing euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely injured people now goes to Portugal's President for approval.

The European Medicines Agency says it is not restricting use of the vaccine for people aged over 55 in order to 'give options', but some member states are set to withhold it

The one-dose jab from Johnson & Johnson is less effective than other rivals.

Vaccines are already in short supply. So you don't want to ruin the Pfizer one by allowing it to thaw.

Decision comes a week after Hungary granted a six-month authorisation to Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

Environmental groups hail appeals court ruling ordering Shell's Nigerian subsidiary to compensate farmers whose land was polluted

Britain says it will open a visa scheme to Hong Kongers from Sunday, but China says it 'interferes in China's internal affairs'

The shutting of schools, disruption of daily life, paired with reduced social interaction and uncertainty over the future has increased the pressure on many young people.

President Rebelo de Sousa called for quick and drastic action to fight a January pandemic surge that has stretched medical services in Portugal to breaking point.

A World Health Organization team visited a hospital where China says the first COVID-19 patients were treated more than a year ago as part of the experts' long-awaited fact-finding mission on the origins of the coronavirus.

As the EU faces heightened criticism over delays to the coronavirus vaccine rollout, we take a look at why it's taking so long.

Another deadly hospital blaze in Romania just three months after 10 were killed in a fire north of Bucharest.

Salla Mayor Erkki Parkkinen told Finnish media that the campaign aims to draw attention to the consequences of climate change.

While the Novavax vaccine study is still ongoing, initial results show it is nearly 96% effective against the older coronavirus and nearly 86% effective against the new variant circulating in the UK.

GameStop has become the focus of Wall Street since its stock price surged by more than a thousand percentage points in recent weeks thanks to amateur traders on Reddit.

The opposition leader used his court appearance to tell the Russian government: “Yes, you have the power now to put me in handcuffs, but it's not going to last forever.”

Authorities have arrested a suspect in their 20s on suspicion of preparing acts of murder and arson.

The 15th-century portrait achieved the highest ever price for an Old Master painting at Sotheby's.

The country is set to take "drastic measures" to stop the spread of coronavirus variants, with plans to stop flights from the UK, Brazil, South Africa and Portugal.

We speak to world-famous basketball player, Tony Parker, about his successful career in the NBA and his future projects to help today’s youth.

Mustapha Ben Messaoud, chief of Field Operations and Emergency for UNICEF Afghanistan, reflects upon the importance to dismantle the social norms that suggest men cannot talk about periods.

Data shows Belarus was the most dangerous country in Europe for journalists in 2020.

Restaurant owner Christophe Wilson defiantly served lunch to dozens of people in defiance of pandemic restrictions in the French Riviera City.

Bodo Ramelow has been widely criticised for referring to the German Chancellor as "Little Merkel" during an online event and admitting to playing mobile games during COVID-19 meetings.

'Going on holiday is not a valid reason to travel', said UK home secretary Priti Patel.

The directives aim to offset the worst effects of global warming, and include plans to conserve land and water, double offshore wind energy, and move to an all-electric federal vehicle fleet.

The President of Serbia has compared the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Europe to the sinking of the Titanic - saying the rich are being saved while the poor of the Balkans are being left to drown.