Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny duped a Russian FSB state agent into revealing details of an attack on him with the nerve agent Novichok, the investigative group Bellingcat reports. Mr Navalny reportedly...
Singapore first country to approve sale of lab-grown chicken
Food regulators in Singapore are the first in the world to approve the sale of lab-grown chicken for consumption. US start-up Eat Just will be selling its so-called ‘clean meat’ there. Our reporter Melanie...
Decoded: Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder
Argentina is looking to follow Myanmar and Nigeria, and add Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder to its air force. Has Pakistan finally cracked the fighter jet code that has long eluded other developing countries? Here is the JF-17...
Labour MP: ‘We’ve got to get that border open’
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rachel Reeves, says delays on the UK-France border are “hurting British businesses”. The Labour MP also accused the government of “wasting 24 hours”...
Lorry queues grow in Dover as EU set to meet over UK trade, travel ban
France and its EU neighbours are scrambling to thrash out a coordinated plan in response to a new strain of Covid-19 that has blocked trade and air travel to the UK and left hundreds of freight trucks banked up outside...
German relief as homegrown vaccine finally approved for EU rollout
In Germany, regional authorities will be tasked with administering the vaccine, with frontline workers and elderly workers first in line. FRANCE 24 correspondent Nick Spicer says there was some surprise the Pfizer...
Pfizer vaccine starts European rollout after regulatory approval
Elderly people and frontline workers will be first in line for the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer following its EU approval Monday. The vaccine has already been given some form of regulatory...