Condemned by the US, Ethiopia’s Nobel peace prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has acknowledged atrocities and withdrawn Eritrean troops from Tigray.

A huge ship is wedged in one of the world’s most critical waterways. How hard will it be to get it out? And what will be the fallout?

The new sanctions come as Communist Party media called on Chinese consumers to boycott H&M, Nike, Adidas and other Western brands.

America’s top infectious disease expert looked on in horror as Donald Trump publicly humiliated him and his approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. But he refused to quit – and is still in his post.

The surprising star turn of Mansour Abbas could signal the softening of Israel’s long-standing taboo against Jewish parties partnering with Arab parties.

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Trump called journalists “the enemy of the people” but he drove readership. How will the press corp manage a less confrontational, less newsworthy era?

Vaccine exports from Europe will be blocked to many countries as leaders of Austria, France, Italy and the Netherlands argue about getting their fair share.

Social media has been widely blamed for amplifying calls to violence and spreading misinformation that contributed to the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

Alan Turing’s work provided a theoretical basis for modern computer science and artificial intelligence.

Biden also announced a plan to administer 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of April at his first press conference since entering the White House.

“It is like an enormous beached whale. It’s an enormous weight on the sand,” said those trying to free the ship, conceding the job could take weeks.

The suspect’s defence lawyer asked for a health assessment “to address his mental illness” but provided no details about what he might suffer from.

The supporters of Alexei Navalny said they were concerned by a deterioration in his health and his lawyers said they had not been allowed to visit him in prison.

Depp will continue to pursue a $US50 million defamation lawsuit against his former wife Amber Heard in a US court over an opinion piece she wrote.

Researchers in Bordeaux are analysing a dozen bottles of the precious liquid that returned to Earth in January after a sojourn aboard the International Space Station.

As India halts vaccine exports to tackle its own rising infections, medical authorities are urging Australia to rush a million local doses north.

North Korea has a history of testing new US administrations with missile launches aimed at forcing the Americans back to the negotiating table.

The Ever Given, a ship belonging to Taiwan-based shipping company Evergreen Marine, is still blocking the crucial waterway blocking oil, gas and grain supplies.

The new data may not resolve challenges that the vaccine’s reputation faces, because repeated missteps have sown confusion and distrust.

The outbreak is reaching its worst ever stage in the country, fanned by a patchy vaccine rollout, an infectious new variant and a lack of nationwide public health restrictions.

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Biden’s decision gives a high-profile assignment to his Vice-President, a daughter of immigrants who has forged a reputation as an ally of immigration advocates.

Meeting attendees were adamant the British PM’s “jestful” comments weren’t aimed at the European Union, where vaccinations are struggling.

A senior Vatican prelate said it was believed to be the first time in living memory that a Pope had taken such action.

America’s top diplomat called on democratic nations to work together to counter China’s “aggressive actions” and technological advancements.

The hacking group used fake Facebook accounts to pose as fictitious journalists, students, human rights advocates or members of the Uighur community.

Britain’s Home Secretary set out a new plan for immigration for Britain aimed at punishing those who travel to the UK by boat seeking asylum.

Thousands of Icelanders have flocked to the site of the eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, about 30 kilometres south-west of the capital.

The new variant found in India has two mutations in the spiky protein that the virus uses to fasten itself to cells, which might help the virus spread more easily.

The 400-metre long container ship Ever Given’s hull became wedged length-ways across the canal.

Of all the tales of brutality and heartache out of Myanmar over the past seven weeks, few could be more shocking than that of Ma Khin Myo Chit.

Jens Stoltenberg, who is expanding the role of NATO, wants like-minded democracies to “stand together” and up to China.

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Another week, anther mass shooting in the United States, but there is at least some glimmer of hope that the new President can reform US gun laws.

New York politician Ron Kim has seen the surge in violence up close. He says it’s too easy to heap the blame on Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric.

The launches came days after the sister of Kim Jong-un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises. 

The Chief Scientific Adviser said the public should expect recurrent infections, particularly in winter and that COVID-19 would become a circulating virus, like others have done over thousands of years.

NIAID Director Dr Anthony Fauci called the whole issue a really unfortunate unforced error.

The Religious Zionist Party includes a new incarnation of a Jewish extremist group outlawed as terrorists by Israel and the US decades ago.

Polls consistently show gun control measures are overwhelmingly popular with Americans, but they have been fiercely resisted by the National Rifle Association.

A Banksy painting honouring Britain’s health workers in the pandemic has sold for a record £16.8 million ($30 million), auction house Christie’s said.

The 21-year-old man is in hospital with a leg wound he suffered in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder.

The move comes about a month after Buckingham Palace announced Harry and his wife Meghan had made a final split with the royal family.

At least 400 people were still missing and around 560 were injured after a devastating fire that destroyed thousands of shelters at a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh.

Slave descendants and those who experienced segregation and housing discrimination will receive grants, but some say that is discrimination in itself.

The statement from the peak agency, helmed by Anthony Fauci, is a setback for the company’s hopes of US authorisation for emergency use. 

The shipping fleet’s presence in a contested South China Sea zone is a litmus test for US President Joe Biden following America’s frosty Alaskan talks with China.

Ten people died including a police officer who was looking for another line of work so he wouldn’t “put his family through something like this”.

Public relations big hitter Catherine St-Laurent had worked for Bill and Melinda Gates and only joined the couple last April.