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Supplies of vaccines are ’’tight’’ but the UK is confident it will receive enough doses to meet its targets, the vaccine minister has said. Nadhim Zahawi said that manufacturers were "confident" they would deliver for the UK amid…

Leaders in the US House of Representatives have officially delivered their article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate, the first step in beginning his trial. Nine House Democrats who will serve as…

The EU has warned it will tighten exports of Covid vaccines produced in the bloc, amid a row with AstraZeneca over a cut in planned supplies. Last week, AstraZeneca told the EU it was falling behind on its supply target because of…

Mauritius began a nationwide Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Tuesday, with medical staff at ENT hospital, the main treatment centre, being the first to be immunised. Three teams of health workers have also been deployed at Victoria…

The 80-year-old Mexican telecommunications billionaire , Carlos Slim was only showing "light symptoms" and was doing "very well", his son said. It comes a day after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, 67, also contracted the…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte went to see the head of state on Tuesday to hand in his resignation, hoping to be given the opportunity to try to put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority. Conte lost his…

Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades and clashed on Tuesday with police in the capital, who fired tear gas to restrain them, shortly after a convoy of tractors trundled through the city’s outskirts.…

The Chinese government in other to limit the spread of COVID-19, has discouraged travel in what is normally the busiest time of the year. Those who are going anyway must present a nucleic acid test with negative results taken in the seven…

The Philippines has confirmed domestic transmission of the new, highly contagious British variant of the coronavirus, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to abandon a plan to allow some minors to go outside their homes. “Right now, we…

Taiwan air force jets screamed into the sky on Tuesday in a drill to stimulate a war scenario, showing its fleet’s battle readiness after dozens of Chinese warplanes flew into the island’s air defence zone over the weekend. Taiwan,…