British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defied calls for an easing of Covid restrictions by insisting the "only way" to fight the second wave of the virus is by making sacrifices - which might get worse.
Israel's second lockdown could last for much longer than a month, the prime minister has warned, as parliament approved a controversial ban on mass protests in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus.
I've started wearing my face mask for longer than I need to. Sometimes I realise I'm still wearing it long after leaving a shop or a cafe. Sometimes my boyfriend has to remind me to take it off.
The rate of ice loss in Greenland is on course to be "greater than anything we've seen" in the past 12,000 years unless emissions are cut drastically, scientists have warned.
Nato allies France and Turkey have exchanged angry accusations over Nagorno-Karabakh, where Azerbaijani and Armenian fighters were engaged in a fourth day of fighting in the worst flare-up of violence in decades.
Belgium formed a new government yesterday, 16 months after an inconclusive election, with caretaker finance minister Alexander De Croo named as prime minister.
Are you inclined to receiving good news before bad news? Or do you prefer it the other way around? When giving presentations on the economic outlook, your columnist always asks the organisers of conferences and events this question. In normal times, the preference varies. These days, everyone wants the bad news upfront before hearing reasons...
