We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. But as the UK go-ahead was greeted with widespread delight here, European health chiefs could only rubbish the historic achievement. Ministers insisted the UK’s medicines watchdog was able to swiftly approve the jab developed […]

University students in England will be returning to their families for Christmas from today as the “travel window” starts. With many desperate to spend the festive season with their loved ones, the government has devised a plan to reduce the risk of passing on COVID-19 to older family members. Here’s what you need to know. […]

The pandemic has resulted in seismic shifts in human behaviour globally and has had a significant – and positive – impact on the environment. Air pollution, for example, has dropped by nearly 50 per cent in New York, while carbon emissions in China fell by around 25 per cent when the country was on partial […]

Check back for updates. A handful of strategists have so far offered their outlooks about where they think the S&P 500 is heading next year – and each one is expecting it to go up. The new year is anticipated to usher in the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine and a new presidential administration with […]

This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. WASHINGTON — China, already competing for influence in this hemisphere through a multibillion-dollar network of investment and infrastructure deals, is likely to beat the United States in its own backyard with vaccine diplomacy, according to the military’s top commander for Central and […]

There is a “risk of serious disruption and delay” at Channel crossings delivering the majority of the UK’s fresh food once the Brexit transition period expires at the end of the month, MPs have warned. The cross-party Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued a final scathing report on Britain’s preparedness – and described Boris […]

SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s support rate hit a record low as turmoil over the fate of the country’s top prosecutor rocked his government, in a worrisome sign as he enters the latter stages of his administration. Mr Moon’s approval rating fell to 37.4 per cent, down from 43.8 per cent a […]

SYDNEY (REUTERS) – China’s WeChat social media platform blocked a message by Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison amid a dispute between Canberra and Beijing over the doctored tweeted image of an Australian soldier. China rebuffed Morrison’s calls for an apology after its foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted the picture of an Australian soldier holding […]