Two teams of researchers in the UK found the new strain discovered in September 2020 has higher transmission rates but does not lead to more severe symptoms than the original.

Europe is the world's worst-hit region with a coronavirus death toll of at least 1,000,288 on Monday.

The 'Sofagate' incident has landed European Council president Charles Michel in hot water and raised questions about the unity between EU leaders.

Some scientists warn the long-term impact on marine life is unknown.

Hundreds of protesters faced off against police on Monday in the Minneapolis suburb where an officer fatally shot Daunte Wright.

The visit comes after the US warned Moscow against any aggression against Ukraine amid a build-up of military forces on the border.

The British government has launched an independent inquiry into David Cameron's lobbying for Greensill.

Israel has not yet confirmed or denied if it carried out the strike which damaged centrifuges at the Iranian Natanz nuclear plant.

#HandsOffMyHijab: Online criticism grows over a proposed French law banning children from wearing a hijab in public spaces.

"He was my grandpa: master of the barbecue, legend of banter, and cheeky right ’til the end," said Prince Harry.

Russia has been deploying large amounts of military hardware near the border and there has been a surge in fighting in recent weeks.

Four more migrants have been found dead after another boat carrying people to the Canary Islands needed to be rescued on Sunday.

The find was made in Brussels by two off-duty officers from the Carabinieri Art Squad, Italy's specialist art and antiquities crime unit.

Tomáš Petříček had clashed with the country's pro-Russian President over the use of Moscow's Sputnik V Vaccine before its approval in the EU.

The 44-year-old announced last month he was going to begin refusing food in a bid to get proper medical treatment.

It's far more complex than the UK just leading the way.

China's embassy in Sweden has engaged in a public spat with Swedish politicians after its ambassador was accused of “threatening” a journalist.

Prosecutors allege the driver and his assistant were not in the train's cabin when it collided with another passenger train in Egypt last month.

"The defence forces of Sweden in 1940 weren’t stellar, but still stronger than Norway and in particular than Denmark," Carl Bildt said. "Had [Adolf] Hitler decided to invade Sweden it would have been a fight."

A handful of venues in England with 24-hour licences opened their doors to punters at 00:01 am, with customers braving the freezing temperatures to enjoy an outdoor pint for the first time since January.

Internal flights could be abolished in France if the same journey can be made by train in less than 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The so-called "Dexit" policy emerged at a two-day AfD conference to firm up its strategy ahead of Germany’s general election in September.

Protesters gathered outside a police station after the family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man said he was shot by police and later died.

Ex-banker Guillermo Lasso defeated left-wing economist Andrés Arauz in Ecuador's presidential runoff.

Bavarian leader Markus Söder and Merkel loyalist Armin Laschet have both thrown their hats in the ring to run as the conservative bloc's candidate for German chancellor.

As UK nations gradually loosen measures, many continental European countries are trying to control souring cases of COVID.

The liberal-leaning commercial station was one of the only remaining opposition radio voices in Hungary.

"We the survivors are fading away but I hope that this process of remembrance will continue, said Alex Hacker, who was a prisoner at the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

The referendum came three months after Sadyr Zhaparov was elected president, following the ousting of the previous president amid protests.

The Health Ministry has cut its outlook for vaccine supplies in April three times already, to half their initial level, and the country’s two biggest laboratories are facing supply constraints.

It was the first time that Hamzah was seen in public since he was placed under a form of house arrest on April 3 following accusations that he was involved in a “malicious plot” to destabilise the kingdom.

Chinese vaccines "don’t have very high protection rates," said the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, Gao Fu, at a conference Saturday.

Israel has not directly claimed responsibility for the incident but Israeli media reported the cyberattack was orchestrated by the country.

Young people in Myanmar are fighting the military junta's information suppression and internet shutdown by producing an underground printed newsletter.

Friday’s death toll in Bago was the biggest one-day total for a single city since March 14, when just over 100 people were killed in Yangon, the country’s biggest city.

Rachael Blackmore has smashed through one of the biggest gender barriers in sports by becoming the first female jockey to win the gruelling Grand National horse race.

Italian prosecutor tells court there is no reason to put the right-wing leader, Matteo Salvini, on trial for alleged kidnapping

Iran has unveiled the country's newest advanced nuclear centrifuge in a ceremony to mark the National Nuclear Technology Day.

The group, based in villages on the island of Tanna in the former Anglo-French colony, revered Philip and believed him to be a reincarnation of an ancient warrior who left the island to fight a war.

Egyptian archeologists have unearthed a three thousand year-old lost city complete with mud brick houses, artifacts and tools from the times of the pharaohs.

After the woman was free of the virus, her lungs were no longer functional or treatable, and the only option for her to live was to receive a lung transplant.

Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, overwhelmingly voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

DMX died in New York State on Friday of what the hospital said was a catastrophic cardiac arrest.

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The Alibaba Group, the world's biggest e-commerce company, was fined €2.3 billion by Chinese regulators on Saturday for anti-competitive tactics.

The first explosion occurred Friday morning. Experts have warned that explosive eruptions could continue for days or possibly week.

"Protests have been postponed out of respect for the Queen and the Royal Family," read posters posted in Unionist areas of the city.

Evacuation orders were issued for the roughly 16,000 people who live in the red zone near La Soufriere volcano in St Vincent's northern region.

Giorgos Karaivaz was found dead, shot multiple times, beside his car in the Greek capital.

Prince Philip’s funeral will take place on April 17 at Windsor Castle in a family service that will be closed to the public.