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'Child among four dead' in shooting at office building in Orange, California

Google pushes start button for reopening offices

Germany 1-2 North Macedonia: Four-time world champions suffer shock defeat

Hong Kong: Media mogul Jimmy Lai found guilty over 2019 mass protests

Covid vaccine manufacturers should work with poorer countries, says WTO chief

Brazil: More than 60,000 people died of Covid-19 in March

Runway dining at $540 a meal proving hit in Japan

Facebook bans 'voice of Trump' from platform

Covid: Brisbane lockdown to end ahead of Easter weekend

George Floyd: What witnesses have said in the Chauvin trial

Tiger Woods crash: Los Angeles police determine the cause of golfer's car accident

How satellite images are helping one country hand out cash

Germany and Namibia: What's the right price to pay for genocide?

Inside the lives of Asian massage workers: 'How can we not be scared?'

Why I bought the Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes'

Suez Canal: Egypt begins inquiry into cargo ship's grounding

Rochelle Hager: TikToker killed after tree falls on her car

BBC China correspondent John Sudworth moves to Taiwan after threats

Italian officer 'caught selling secrets to Russia'

Britney Spears 'cried for two weeks' over Framing documentary

Rapper reptiles: Alligators make a splash at new home

New York City hunt for man who repeatedly kicked Asian American woman

Indonesia crash: Sriwijaya Air plane's voice recorder recovered

Why Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh led to 12 deaths

Terrace House: Japan man fined $80 over Netflix star's suicide

Chauvin trial: 'I called police on the police'

Nashville floods kill four people

Watergate mastermind G Gordon Liddy dies aged 90

Chinese-owned Volvo takes on Sweden's family values

Google Maps to start showing eco-friendly routes

Covid: Australia falls 85% short of vaccine delivery goal

Biden's dog Major in second biting incident at White House

No end in sight for India's protesting farmers

A few frequent flyers 'dominate air travel'

The cost of speaking up against China

Beware the return of the Iberian wolf, say Spain's farmers

China sets sights on Middle East with Iran co-operation deal

Myanmar coup: The monks divided over the deadly protests

Libya's city of ghosts

Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Africa: Your questions answered

Child tweets gibberish from US nuclear-agency account

Captain Underpants: Children's book withdrawn over 'passive racism'

Actor Armie Hammer exits Billion Dollar Spy film in wake of rape claim

Covid: Italy introduces quarantine for EU travellers

Japan's cherry blossom 'earliest peak since 812'

Mexico police under fire after woman's death in custody

Manipur: India state reverses order turning away Myanmar refugees

Suez Canal: Ships begin sailing through cleared waterway

Inauguration poet Amanda Gorman: 'My life changed in six minutes'

Covid: Brazil ministers replaced in major cabinet reshuffle

Covid-19: World leaders call for international pandemic treaty

Lady Gaga dog walker Ryan Fischer 'had to have part of his lung removed'

Nike sues over 'Satan Shoes' with human blood

Hong Kong: What is China's 'patriot' plan for electoral reform?

Hong Kong: China to pass 'patriot' electoral reforms

George Floyd: Americans react to Day One of the Chauvin trial

Photographing the "endless diversity" of America by streetlight

How bees and drones team up to find landmines

Uganda climate change: The people under threat from a melting glacier

Keeping score on UK-EU relations since Brexit

Abortion in Italy: 'I found a grave with my name on it'

Uyghurs: Xinjiang cotton ban is self-defeating, China tells H&M

Alabama Shakes drummer Steven Johnson arrested on child abuse charges

Facebook undersea cable to boost South East Asia internet

Biden administration threatens tariffs on UK goods in 'tech tax' row

Suez Canal: Giant ship blocking Suez Canal finally freed

South African Adrian Nel killed in Mozambique jihadist attack

French drug company fined over Mediator weight loss pill

Galápagos tortoises: 185 babies seized from smugglers

Trump asks wedding party: 'Do you miss me yet?'

Mozambique conflict: What's behind the unrest?

Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother dies, aged 99

George Floyd: Derek Chauvin trial begins as family demands justice

Suez canal: Stuck Ever Given container ship partially freed from shoreline

India Covid-19: PM Modi 'did not consult' before lockdown

Australia PM shifts rape-accused minister in cabinet reshuffle

Stranded Suez container ship reported freed

Indonesia fire: Massive blaze erupts at oil refinery

Brisbane lockdown: Australian city to shut down over seven cases

The Netflix show putting the spotlight on menopause

'It is so easy to choose what voluntary work to do'

George Floyd: When does Derek Chauvin's trial start?

Darien Gap: The 'forgotten' migrant crisis at Panama-Colombia border

Covid: The pandemic's 'dramatic' effect on cancer care

Mozambique: Dozens dead after militant assault on Palma

Myanmar coup: The 'fallen stars' from the deadliest day

Moment Asian American army veteran shows his scars

US police bodycam video shows officers berating child aged five

US Asian veteran reveals scars to call out racism

Kenyan DJs sacked after blaming woman for being pushed off building

Covid: Barcelona hosts large gig after testing crowd

Channel Nine cyber attack disrupts live broadcasts in Australia

ICYMI: Hotdogs, hungry horses and orange skies

Bolsonaro: Brazil's president ordered to pay damages to journalist

Coronavirus: Search after people flee Dublin hotel quarantine

The lost letters that found New York drag scene's secret trailblazers

Makassar explosion: Worshippers wounded in Indonesian church bombing

Suez Canal: Effort to refloat wedged container ship continues

Earth Hour: Cities around the world turn lights off

Myanmar coup: US 'horrified' by deadliest day since military takeover

Melbourne to Cairns: Meet the Australian skateboarding an 'insane' 4,000km

India coronavirus: The high-risk young demanding Covid jabs

Kenya's Mike Sonko: The rise and fall of Nairobi's ex-governor

Derek Chauvin trial: Why role of TV cameras could come into focus

AI: Ghost workers demand to be seen and heard

Hunting rare birds in Pakistan to feed the sex drive of princes

Project 17: The photograph that united a family

Jedward shave off their famous quiffs for cancer charity

Mozambique insurgency: Islamist militants 'ambush workers fleeing hotel'

Facebook freezes Maduro's page over Covid claim

Myanmar: Bloodshed as forces open fire on protesters

Suez Canal: Fresh effort to refloat wedged container ship

Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says

Sachin Tendulkar: India cricket legend tests positive for Covid-19

The Talk: Sharon Osbourne leaves US show after racism row

Body-editing apps on TikTok ‘trigger eating disorders’

Suez Canal: Wedged container ship 'could soon be refloated'

Myanmar: Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing vows to 'safeguard democracy'

Guatemalan teenagers die on journey to US: 'I knew I shouldn’t let him go'

Ivermectin: South African medics using unproven worm drug to treat Covid-19

Biden: Georgia voting restriction law is 'atrocity'

The vaccine misinformation battle raging in France

German Covid Easter U-turn shakes Merkel's cool, calm image

Home-schooling around the world: How have we coped?

'Ice-cream toothache': Cold food and drinks pain explained

The challenge facing Joe Biden at the border

Beverly Cleary, children's author behind Ramona Quimby, dies aged 104

Dominion Voting sues Fox News for $1.6bn over election fraud claims

Georgia lawmaker arrested as governor signs new election law

Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment author dies aged 84

Covid vaccine: Social media urged to remove 'disinfo dozen'

Coronavirus: France accuses UK of 'blackmail' over vaccine exports

Xinjiang cotton: How do I know if it's in my jeans?

Suez Canal: Ships stuck in 'traffic jam' as salvage efforts continue

Coronavirus: Germany tightens borders amid alarm over pandemic

Rwanda genocide report to focus on French links

Abiy Ahmed: Eritrea 'will withdraw' troops from Ethiopia in Tigray conflict

Prince Albert II: Harry and Meghan interview 'did bother me'

Africa's week in pictures: 19-25 March 2021

Turkey Erdogan: Women rise up over withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

Xinjiang cotton: Chinese brands championed as backlash against West grows

Uighurs: China sanctions UK MPs over abuses response

North Korea claims 'new tactical guided' missiles launched

Suez blockage is holding up $9.6bn of goods a day

Andrew Laming: Australian MP apologises over comments to women

'My brother died fighting for Senegal’s youth'

US immigration: The suffocated youth unafraid of a perilous journey

Why my ancestral home could be lost to climate change

Minimum wage fight: 'There's no recovery without raising it'

‘Lives lost’ as tornadoes sweep Alabama

Johnny Depp refused permission to appeal libel verdict

Covid passports: What are different countries planning?

Extinction: Elephants driven to the brink by poaching

Facial recognition beats the Covid-mask challenge

Miscarriages and stillbirths: New Zealand to allow bereavement leave

Suez Canal: Owner of cargo ship blocking waterway apologises

Equal pay: Megan Rapinoe was 'devalued, disrespected and dismissed'

Winston Churchill, Kermit and Janet Jackson preserved for posterity

Daniel Guerini: Lazio youth-team midfielder dies aged 19

Covid-19: Merkel defends rollout as vaccine pressure grows

Covid vaccine: AstraZeneca amends US vaccine efficacy results

Japan lights Olympic torch after one-year Covid delay

Cured: How mental illness was used as a tool against LGBT rights

Nike, H&M face China fury over Xinjiang cotton 'concerns'

Coronavirus: EU leaders to discuss boosting vaccine supplies

Jack Dorsey tweet: Man who buys his first-ever post speaks out

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan

Lord Howe Island: Saving an Australian paradise's 'cloud forest'

Nagorno-Karabakh: The mystery of the missing church

'My father, the killer'

Somalia photography: 'I want it to be normal for women to take photos'

Tigray conflict: The fake UN diplomat and other misleading stories

'I have learned how to survive with a bow and arrow'

Nice catch: Fisherman rescues boy stranded on ice

Coronavirus: Germany's Merkel reverses plans for Easter lockdown

Iceland: Up close drone footage of volcanic eruption

US gun control: Biden calls for a ban on assault weapons

Coronavirus: EU plans tougher controls on vaccine exports

Citigroup launches Zoom-free Fridays to ease pandemic 'fatigue'

Coronavirus: 'Double mutant' Covid variant found in India

Tesla cars can be bought in Bitcoin

George Segal: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? actor dies aged 87

India: Delhi orders Covid tests at airports as cases surge

Covid: DoorDash delivers at-home test kits

World's biggest coal company bets on solar power

Uluru waterfalls: Rain brings 'unique' sight to Australian landmark

Australian art festival cancels plan to soak UK flag in indigenous blood

China's biggest car brand launches rival to Tesla

North Korea missiles: Biden says launch 'not provocation'

Fears for democracy as buoyant Bangladesh turns 50

Australia floods: 'Kicked in the guts' by fire, drought and floods

Letter from Africa: Kente - the Ghanaian cloth that's on the catwalk

Anti-Asian hate: 'Try to be brave and stand up'

Covid: The clarinettist who took on Lebanon's vaccine scandal

Russia's Tajik-born Eurovision star on the abuse she's received

Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by large container ship

Coronavirus: Russia's Putin to get vaccine but without cameras

Boulder shooting: Ten victims and suspect identified by police

Russia and China hit back at Western sanctions

US city of Evanston to pay reparations to black residents

Niger suffers deadliest raids by suspected jihadists

Rohingya refugee camp fire: Several dead and thousands homeless

Colorado shootings: 'We heard boom, boom, boom'

Belize football team bus held up by armed gang in Haiti

China: 3,000-year-old gold mask sparks online memes

Covid-19: Vaccines and vaccine passports being sold on darknet

Coronavirus: How the common cold can boot out Covid

Aide fired after Parliament House 'sex videos' shock Australia

Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet sells for $2.9m

Polish writer Jakub Zulczyk charged for calling President Duda a 'moron'

Gunman kills 10 in Colorado market shooting

Erin Brockovich: California water battle 'woke me up' 

Israel's Netanyahu faces uphill battle as voters return to polls

Warner Music teams up with Tencent to crack China

Making honey without bees and milk without cows

Dan Gertler: The man at the centre of DR Congo corruption allegations

How Iceland clamped down to conquer coronavirus

Child migrants: First photos emerge of Biden-era migrant detention centres

Afghanistan: The women killed for working at a TV station.

Coronavirus: Germany plans tighter Covid rules to tackle new surge

John Magufuli: African leaders mourn former Tanzania president

Australia floods: Rainfall set to peak as weather systems collide

Aretha Franklin's family protest about National Geographic's Genius biopic

Iceland volcano eruption: Onlookers flock to see Mount Fagradalsfjall

Ikea France on trial for snooping on staff and customers

Olympic surfing hopeful killed by lightning

Myanmar coup: Detained BBC journalist Aung Thura released

Experts say sharp rise in India Covid cases 'alarming'

Jarryd Hayne: Ex-Rugby League star guilty of sexual assault in Australia

Real Sociedad 1-6 Barcelona: Lionel Messi scores twice on record-breaking 768th appearance

Michael Kovrig: China begins espionage trial behind closed doors

Australia floods: Cows rescued from swollen rivers and beaches

Turkish lira falls 14% after bank governor sacked

Covid: Brazil's Bolsonaro calls governors 'tyrants' over lockdowns

Donald Trump plans social media comeback, says adviser

Israel election hopes and fears play out in crater town

Covid: The countries that nailed it, and what we can learn from them

Why India is talking about ripped jeans and knees

Coronavirus: Covid nurses' song of hope from Italy

The former fighters embracing peace in the Philippines Mindanao region

How can I stop my houseplants dying?

Covid in Sweden: Elderly people deserve more

Afghanistan: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on unannounced Kabul visit

South China Sea dispute: Huge Chinese 'fishing fleet' alarms Philippines

Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi dies at 89

Australia floods: Couple's house swept away near Sydney

Congo-Brazzaville presidential candidate in hospital with Covid-19

Nowruz: Millions celebrate Persian New Year around the world

Saudi Aramco's profits slide nearly 45% after lower oil demand

Covid restrictions: Can music festivals be safely planned?

Qantas boss: Governments 'to insist' on vaccines for flying

More Sydney areas ordered to evacuate over major flooding risk

Coronavirus: The Indian factory making 6,000 syringes a minute

The website helping to sell homes with a bloody past

Myanmar coup: Tales from the streets of sacrifice and fear

Mozambique conflict: Why are US forces there?

Covid vaccines: Why some Americans are choosy about their jab

North Korea’s ‘only openly gay defector’ finds love

The dogs helping endangered Tasmanian devils find a mate

Pakistan: Two men sentenced to death for motorway rape

The 'insane' money in trading collectible cards

Discovering WW1 tunnel of death hidden in France for a century

Sea-cucumber divers off Liberia risk danger to feed a hunger in China

Infertility: 'Women need to hear ‘you are not alone’

China's latest online skinny fad sparks concern

ICYMI: Roof-trotting goats and Super Mario

Bill Nelson: Former astronaut and senator nominated as Nasa chief

Domestic violence: Turkey pulls out of Istanbul convention

Mar-a-Lago: 'Covid outbreak' at Trump's Florida residence

Covid-19: Pakistan's PM Imran Khan tests positive

No international fans allowed at Tokyo Olympics

Icelandic volcano erupts near Reykjavik

Australia warned of 'life threatening' flash floods

Covid: France and Poland increase lockdown measures as infections surge

Covid: Rich states 'block' vaccine plans for developing nations

Why is everyone fighting over the South China Sea?

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: A rare view inside the conflict zone

Skylab: The myth of the mutiny in space

Coronavirus: How Russia glosses over its Covid death toll

Atlanta spa shootings: How we talk about violence

China and Taiwan face off in pineapple war

What happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?

'This child was alive again'

Bitcoin: Fake Elon Musk giveaway scam 'cost man £400,000'

Pickleball: The racquet sport experiencing a pandemic boom

India's interfaith couples on edge after new law

Atlanta shooting: Biden condemns anti-Asian racism

Volcano erupts near Iceland's capital Reykjavik

US President Joe Biden ‘doing fine’ after aircraft stumble

French drugs haul 'was strawberry Haribo'

Thousands of mice plague Australian town

Covid: Germany warns of 'exponential' rise in coronavirus cases

Finland ranked happiest country in the world - again

Greek bull figurine unearthed after heavy downpour

E-bike suspected cause of huge Australia house fire

Myanmar protests: BBC journalist Aung Thura held

Face editing: Japanese biker tricks internet into thinking he is a young woman

China sending children of exiled Uighur parents to orphanages, says Amnesty

Chinese granny who fought off attacker in US praised for bravery

Anti-Asian violence: 'He slashed me from cheek-to-cheek'

At least 25 tornadoes rip through southern US

Michael Spavor: Canadian spy trial in China ends without verdict

Super Nintendo World opens in Japan after Covid delays

Goldman Sachs' young bankers ask for 80-hour week

US and China trade angry barbs at high-level Alaska talks

Lamborghini's profits soar during Covid

Mexico violence: Gunmen kill 13 in ambush on police convoy

Nevada smart city: A millionaire’s plan to create a local government

Why Australian women are saying 'enough is enough'

Armie Hammer: US actor accused of rape

EU agency says AstraZeneca vaccine is 'safe and effective'

Spain passes law allowing euthanasia

Paris airport: Algerian passengers from UK stranded for weeks

Dozens change name to 'salmon' to get sushi deal in Taiwan

Death of a Zulu king: 'He is planted, not buried'

The cautionary tale of the president who denied Covid

Kobe Bryant widow sues LA police over 'graphic images' of helicopter crash

India coronavirus: Can its vaccine producers meet demand?

Australia: Sex consent app proposal sparks backlash

US ratchets up pressure on Chinese telecom firms

Atlanta shootings: 'It's scary just to be an Asian American woman.'

Tokyo Games creative head quits over 'Olympig' insult

Donald Trump's wealth down $700m after presidency

Asia's richest man, a bomb scare and a murder in India

'Stingy men' take on Nigeria's dating etiquette

Paris Commune: The revolt dividing France 150 years on

Covid: From boom to bust - why lockdown hasn't led to more babies

Covid: How ethnicity and wealth affect US vaccine rollout

US-China relations: Adversary or partner?

US Border: Risking everything for an American dream

Canadians held in China on spying charges face trial within days

Turkey moves to ban pro-Kurdish HDP opposition party

Dutch election: Turnout high for election despite Covid

Covid in Europe: Vaccine suspension hits rollout as cases rise

Demi Lovato says she was raped as a teenager in new documentary

French glue-trapping of birds not allowed, says EU court

Airline removes boy, 4, with autism for not wearing Covid mask

St Patrick's Day: Countries celebrate Ireland's patron saint

Video captures huge Ontario, California fireworks explosion

Iceland shaken by more than 50,000 earthquakes in three weeks

What we wish we'd known about infertility

Covid-19 disruptions killed 228,000 children in South Asia, says UN report

Regent honeyeater: Endangered bird 'has forgotten its song'

Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at three spas

Australia to send Papua New Guinea vaccines as cases surge

Trump tells Republican supporters to get vaccinated

French bulldogs close in on Labradors as most popular US dog

Brazil Sao Paulo health chief urges lockdown as Covid deaths surge

Uighur abuse: MPs criticise companies over China forced labour

Syria: The scars left by a school bombing

US-China relations: Beyond the 'Cold War' cliche

LGBT rights: New threat for Poland's 'rainbow families'

China's latest online skinny fad sparks concern

Sea-cucumber divers off Liberia risk danger to feed a hunger in China

'The Gospel Truth?' Covid-19 vaccines and the danger of religious misinformation

Indianapolis deadly shootings 'started after stimulus cheque row'

The 89-year-old dancing in the streets of New York City after vaccination

Covid relief bill: How does the new US child tax credit measure up?

Golden Globe awards make diversity pledge after publicists' backlash

Michelle Obama voices sympathy for Meghan on race

Yaphet Kotto: James Bond villain and Alien actor dies at 81

Rare ancient scroll found in Israel 'Cave of Horror'

Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs worldwide

Climate change: Jet fuel from waste 'dramatically lowers' emissions

What is happening with migrant children at the southern US border?

What is this Arctic walrus doing off the Irish coast?

Dutch head to polls as Covid crisis looms large

AstraZeneca vaccine: Safety experts to review jab

China's tech giants fall under regulator's pressure

Mozambique insurgency: Militants beheading children, aid agency reports

Covid-19: Brazil to get fourth health minister since pandemic began

North Korea: Kim Jong-un's sister warns US not to 'cause a stink'

Facebook to pay News Corp for content in Australia

France to return Klimt painting sold under duress during Nazi era

South Korean artist highlights gay rights in military

Myanmar coup: What protesters can learn from the '1988 generation'

Bitcoin: Fake Elon Musk giveaway scam 'cost man £400,000'

Pickleball: The racquet sport experiencing a pandemic boom

How Meghan and Harry interview felt familiar to biracial people

Nigeria primary school children abducted in Kaduna state

Yo-Yo Ma: World-famous cellist's impromptu vaccine centre concert

Beijing sandstorm: City turns orange and transport disrupted

Apocalyptic skies as Beijing hit by worst sandstorm in a decade

Myanmar coup: Military extends martial law after protests

Pele congratulates Ronaldo for passing goal tally

Psychedelic therapy could 'reset' depressed brain

Australia March 4 Justice: Thousands march against sexual assault

Grammys 2021: Five weird and wonderful moments

Texas beekeeper viral videos saving bee hives

US remains top arms exporter and grows market share

Covid-19: Netherlands suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Covid-19 pandemic: Trump urged to encourage supporters to get jabs

Avatar reclaims title as highest-grossing film

Andrew Cuomo: Biden declines to join calls for Cuomo to resign

Nagorno-Karabakh: A home regained and a home lost in war

Tigray crisis: Why Sudan is a ‘second home’ to Ethiopian refugees

Photos from Australia: Capturing 'flash rips' and 'the edge of the world'

Discovering WW1 tunnel of death hidden in France for a century

We asked for your first Covid text messages. These are your stories

What Macron doesn't get about colonialism

India's interfaith couples on edge after new law

'Interest in e-sports will only grow and grow'

Grammys 2021: Burna Boy and Wizkid win at music awards

Merkel's party slumps to defeat in regional polls

Covid-19: Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest

Indian police arrest two men after assault on Muslim boy at Hindu temple

Brutal crackdown continues on Myanmar protesters

Myanmar protests: Protesters killed in bloody Yangon crackdown

Afghanistan investigates ban on girls' singing

Kenya withdraws from ICJ case over Somalia sea border at last minute

Covid-19: Ireland suspends use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

North Korea 'not responding' to US contact efforts

US immigration: Disaster agency FEMA brought in to help with child migrant surge

Bitcoin surges past $60,000 for first time

Live music is back... behind a New York shop window

Sri Lanka adoption: The babies who were given away

The algorithm for the perfect biryani

Is fighting a pandemic like fighting a war?

Myanmar protests: Civilian leader in hiding vows to continue 'revolution'

Saving one of the world’s rarest toads from extinction

'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler: American boxing legend dies aged 66

Zimbabwe's 16-year-old motocross champion on 'beating the boys'

Argentina's President Alberto Fernández targeted in vehicle by protesters

Sarah Everard: How a woman's death sparked a nation's soul-searching

Breonna Taylor: Protest to mark anniversary of police killing

Russia opposition: Moscow police raid election forum

Covid: Jordan's health minister quits over hospital oxygen deaths

Sri Lanka to ban burka and other face coverings

Security forces fire at protesters in Myanmar

US announcer uses racist slur as basketball players kneel for anthem

ICYMI: Faceplanting albatross and cat rescues itself

Spanish police seize narco-submarine in Malaga raid

Corinne Masiero: Actress protests naked at 'French Oscars' ceremony

Covid: US and allies promise one billion jabs for South East Asia

Hungry, angry and fleeing the horrors of war in northern Mozambique

Tokyo 2020: The elite athletes training at home

Why the GameStop story is far from over

Covid-19 pandemic: Italy to shut shops and schools amid infection spike

Bolivia: Prosecutors order arrest of former interim leader

India: How eating online is bringing women money - and freedom

Myanmar coup: The 'battle tactics' used in crackdowns on protests

Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country

What are NFTs and why are they worth millions?

Covid vaccinations: No reason to stop using AstraZeneca jab, says WHO

Razzies: Robert Downey Jr and Anne Hathaway nominated for 'worst acting'

Brussels bombers 'murdered elderly man as a test'

Nigeria student kidnapping near Kaduna army base

SA actor Cliff Simon dies after kiteboard accident

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies in South Africa aged 72

Meghan Markle interview: African-American women react

Maharashtra: Nagpur becomes first major Indian city to return to lockdown

Coupang: Harvard dropout rockets into mega-billionaire's club

Covid-19: Thailand delays AstraZeneca rollout over blood clot fears

De Blasio: NYC mayor calls on Cuomo to quit over harassment claims

Kathleen Folbigg: Could science free Australian jailed for killing babies?

Why has the Syrian war lasted 10 years?

Covid: Does Tanzania have a hidden epidemic?

Etna: Life beneath the volcanic dust of repeated eruptions

The Scottish mercenary hired to kill Pablo Escobar

A yak herder in the Himalayas: ‘I am the last shepherd in my family’

Covid pandemic: Biden to order all US adults be eligible for vaccine

Running from terror in north-east Mozambique

The drone's-eye view of a bowling alley that went viral

Myanmar nun: Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng explains her act of courage

Oxford-AstraZeneca: Denmark suspends vaccine 'as a precaution'

Amanda Gorman's Catalan translator dropped because of 'profile'

Hunt for US murder suspect mistakenly released from jail

Adele finalises divorce with joint custody of son

Myanmar's military accuses Suu Kyi of taking illegal payment and gold

Michelle Obama: Former US first lady says she is 'moving towards retirement'

China approves plan to control Hong Kong elections

Facebook asks judge to throw out FTC anti-trust lawsuit

Covid vaccines to top the agenda at 'Quad' meeting

Warren Buffett finally joins exclusive $100bn club

Malaysia High Court rules Christians can use 'Allah'

Mexico marijuana: Lower house passes recreational cannabis bill

Hamed Bakayoko: Ivory Coast's PM dies in Germany

Will rape allegations change Australia's 'toxic' politics?

Being gay in Ghana: LGBT community is ‘under attack’

The Little Things: A crime thriller but not as you know it

Covid: The man with "super antibodies"

Thirty years of BBC World News

Covid-19: Brazil surge reaches new level as daily deaths pass 2,000

Fukushima disaster ten years on: The day ‘tomorrow didn’t come’

Covid: Texas and Mississippi lifting restrictions too soon?

'I went from Hollywood glamour to food donations'

Ghislaine Maxwell 'does not know who accusers are', says brother

Russia targets Twitter speed over 'banned content'

Ghislaine Maxwell's US jail conditions 'are torture' - brother

Maracana stadium to be named after Brazil legend Pele

Prayuth Chan-ocha: Thai PM sprays sanitiser on reporters

Myanmar coup: Envoy to UK recalled after pro-Suu Kyi remarks

Bialowieza: Poland to resume logging in primeval forest

China and Russia to build lunar space station

Richard Pusey: Australian admits filming taunts of dying policewoman

Security firm probes hack of '150,000 cameras'

Covid: Hospitals in Brazilian cities 'close to collapse'

Trader gets painted stones instead of $36m of copper

Meghan and Harry: Questions the US had about Oprah interview

Why a white poet did not translate Amanda Gorman