The lead singer of the Italian band who won the Eurovision Song Contest has denied taking drugs, following online speculation over competition footage showing him leaning over a table. Måneskin's Damiano David rejected the idea that he had been taki...
Residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to destroyed houses after a large volcano erupted, with many searching for missing loved ones. Mount Nyiragongo turned the sky red and spewed out a river of lava on Saturday, but stopped sh...
Japan has kicked off a mass vaccination programme in Tokyo and Osaka, as the Covid crisis worsens. The military has set up centres offering thousands of shots each day, prioritising the elderly. About 1.9% of the population is fully vaccinated. Ja...
The number of deaths linked to Covid-19 in India has moved past the 300,000 mark as the country continues to grapple with the pandemic. Experts warn that the real number of fatalities might be much higher as many deaths are not officially recorded. ...
Western countries have expressed outrage at the forced diversion of a plane carrying a Belarusian activist on an internal EU flight on Sunday. EU leaders are due to discuss their response to what the union's executive called a "hijacking" and the US...
China's remote-controlled rover, which landed on Mars a week ago, has driven down from its landing capsule to the surface of the planet. This makes China the second country after the US to operate a rover there. The Zhurong rover is due to study t...
Ex-BBC director general Lord Hall has resigned as National Gallery chairman amid the outcry after an inquiry into Panorama's Princess Diana interview. Lord Hall, who was director of news_copy when Martin Bashir used deception to get the 1995 scoop, ...
Two prison guards have admitted falsifying records on the night disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in August 2019. But in a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas would be spared jail time. The pair fabr...
Animal rights protesters say they are blockading four McDonald's distribution centres in the UK to stop deliveries to the fast-food chain's 1,300 UK outlets. Animal Rebellion said activists were using trucks and bamboo structures to stop lorries lea...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged people to refrain from kissing live poultry amid an outbreak of salmonella. The CDC and public health officials are investigating salmonella outbreaks after 163 people were reported i...
