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Capitol riots: How many arrests so far?

It's been nearly a week since the Capitol Hill riot - so how much progress have law enforcement made with bringing the perpetrators to justice? ...

Covid-19 pandemic: Tracking the global coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus is continuing its spread across the world with more than 90 million confirmed cases in 190 countries and nearly two million deaths. ...

Viewpoint: What the Capitol riot means for US foreign policy

Many foreign leaders - and especially Washington's allies - will have watched the events this week on Capitol Hill with amazement and alarm. ...

Europe's slow start: How many people have had the Covid vaccine?

A global race is on to vaccinate people against Covid-19 - and with infections soaring in Europe many have complained that the roll-out is too slow in the EU. ...

South Africa coronavirus variant: What is the risk?

A new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is now being seen in other countries, including the UK. ...

US election 2020: The people who still believe Trump won

Weeks after President-elect Joe Biden was declared winner of November's election, there remains a deep mistrust of the electoral process among many ardent supporters of Donald Trump. It reflects a broader sentiment among conservatives, one that has profound implications for the nation and its institutions. ...

Covid travel: Why Instagram is still full of celebrities 'on holiday'

If you're a reality television fan who follows your favourite stars online, chances are you have seen some of them jetting off to luxury destinations in recent weeks - despite rising infection rates and restrictions across the UK. ...

Georgia election: Donald Trump's phone call fact-checked

US President Donald Trump spent more than an hour on the phone to election officials in Georgia, as he continues to try to overturn the result in the state. ...

Covid: How the war on the virus attacked freedom in Asia

Safoora Zargar was more than three months pregnant when she was arrested in the Indian capital Delhi for participating in a protest against a controversial citizenship law. ...

Brexit: 'We welcomed the trade deal like a Christmas present'

It's a new year and a new chapter for the UK's relationship with Europe. How millions of people live, work and travel will look very different in 2021. ...

Why have global stock markets gone up this year?

Around the world, millions of people have lost their jobs or been paid by their governments to stay at home. ...

India coronavirus: The tragedy of the tuk-tuk driver who fled Covid

When Rajan Yadav heard Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce a nationwide lockdown on 24 March to halt the spread of Covid-19, little did he know that his life was about to change forever. ...

How tech can just about save Christmas Day

  Christmas 2020 is not what any of us would have planned. Covid-19 restrictions and travel bans suddenly imposed on the UK have left millions of Brits cut off from one another and facing a potentially depressing Christmas Day. ...

Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot

Working in Paris and India at the turn of the last century, Waldemar Mordecai Haffkine created the world's first vaccines for cholera and plague. Then an accidental mass poisoning derailed his life. ...

The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign

A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in a vast 15-year global disinformation campaign to serve Indian interests, a new investigation has revealed. ...

Where does the Republican Party go after Trump?

Donald Trump may have lost the election but he won a record number of votes, and tightened his grip on states like Ohio. So what can Ohio tell us about the Republican Party's future? ...

Coronavirus: Sputnik V vaccine rushed out to wary Russians

Its name alone speaks of Russia's ambition: Sputnik V, the country's leading vaccine against Covid-19, is meant to be a world-beater just like its cosmic namesake. ...

Venezuela's parliamentary poll: Five things you need to know

Venezuelans will choose 277 members of the National Assembly on Sunday in an election which is being boycotted by most opposition parties, who have denounced it as a "fraud". ...

The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice

If you walk into a doughnut shop in California, the chances are it's owned by a Cambodian family. That's because of a refugee who built up an empire, and became known as the Donut King, only to lose it all. ...