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A London choir has got together for a virtual performance after a planned show in Somerset was cancelled due to Covid-19.

Locusts, Covid-19 and deadly flooding pose a “triple threat” to millions of people across East Africa, officials have warned.

US Ambassador John Sullivan handed 50 ventilators to Moscow's Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center on Thursday. The $5.6 million humanitarian aid donation will eventually include a total of 200...

London's top shares took a tumble on Thursday as a bad day for British banks was largely offset by a good showing for the country's airlines.

The Palestinians have suspended contacts with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after announcing an end to security coordination with Israel and the United States, a Palestinian official said on...

A 100-year-old man was congratulated by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for smashing his fundraising target, while a baby deer was saved by firefighters in Thursday's news.

AstraZeneca has said it has the capacity to manufacture one billion doses of the University of Oxford's potential Covid-19 vaccine and will begin supply in September.

Turkey warned on Thursday that attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftar's forces will have “very grave consequences,” after advances by the country's Ankara-backed government. Turkey has provided...

Poland's PM Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that his government is aiming for June 28 as the date of a presidential election that was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic....

Keepers at ZSL London Zoo say its pregnant okapi will have a “feisty” calf after footage was released of its baby kicking inside the womb.

The EU must be careful not to become a “transfer union” in which richer member states are asked to bankroll their poorer peers, a leading candidate to succeed German Chancellor...

Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the college admissions bribery case and serve two months in prison, according...

FOUR children left orphaned by Covid-19 have been “overwhelmed” by the generosity of strangers who donated to a fundraiser in their aid.

Italy's government is preparing a raft of reforms to cut red tape, improve company governance and encourage investment to revive the coronavirus-battered economy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told parliament on...

Public health advice insisting people should not spend more than two hours in the same room as each other has been branded ‘bonkers'.

Doubts are growing over whether ambitious plans by European governments to use contact-tracing apps to fight the spread of coronavirus will be able to be implemented with any real effectiveness...

The Greek government will restart its tourism season on June 15 in a key boost to the economy after the virus lockdown, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said. International flights...

A 100-year-old man who has been walking for Covid-19 relief while fasting for Ramadan has raised more than £150,000 as he nears the end of his challenge.

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Economic activity in the Eurozone plunged again in May and although the decline was not as steep as in April when the pandemic hit the economy hard, there were few...

Aid agency Oxfam International is to severely curtail its work because of the financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Two of Britain's biggest listed car sellers were doing well in the first months of 2020, until the coronavirus pandemic forced their shops to close.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that it was possible that a state of emergency in Tokyo and its surrounding regions could end as early as next week if...

The RSPCA has praised firefighters who used an oxygen mask to save a baby deer after she almost died during a moorland fire.

A woman has tearfully embraced her dying sister in Australia after weeks of wrangling over pandemic travel restrictions.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish Mevlut Cavusoglu backed an immediate ceasefire in Libya during a phone call, Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The...

The number of homes sold in April nearly halved compared with March, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that there is no “no risk option” when it comes to reopening schools in September.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that there is no “no risk option” when it comes to reopening schools in September.

China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it had lodged “solemn representations” with the United States to complain about a planned Washington's sale of advanced torpedoes to Taiwan. China firmly opposes...

Tehran dismissed on Thursday new US sanctions on several Iranian officials, saying they were a sign of the complete inefficiency of Washington's previous sanctions on the Islamic Republic. “Washington's fruitless...

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China is convening its biggest political gathering of the year and US President Donald Trump has said he is considering meeting world leaders in June, as doubts simmer over how...

EasyJet is to resume flights from a number of UK airports from June 15.

A powerful cyclone has ripped through densely populated coastal areas of India and Bangladesh.

A powerful cyclone has ripped through densely populated areas of India and Bangladesh.