#France will keep its #restaurants, cinemas and ski resorts closed while it cranks up its #Covid-19 vaccination rollout because the coronavirus is still spreading too fast and hospitals remain under severe pressure...
Kyrgyzstan heads to polls for snap elections and referendum after October uprising
Voters in Kyrgyzstan are due to choose a new president on Sunday. On the same day, this Central Asian country of six million people will also be voting in a referendum, on whether to switch from a semi-parliamentary to...
US Capitol riots: How the world’s media reacted – BBC News
World media has reacted with shock and contempt at the violent storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. Video produced by BBC Monitoring
Indonesia releases suspected mastermind of attacks
Abu Bakar Bashir, an 82-year-old cleric who is suspected of being the mastermind of the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, has been released early from prison in Indonesia.
One year since Harry and Meghan announced plans to step back from royal life
This time last year we received the most unexpected news – Harry and Meghan announcing they wanted to step away from royal life. And what a year it has been. The couple moved from the UK to Canada, and then to...
Faster than France, but is it fast enough? A look at Germany’s vaccine rollout
Some 400,000 people have been vaccinated against #Covid-19 in #Germany – nearly ten times as many as France – but the country’s #vaccination scheme has been criticised for its slowness and shortage of doses...
Trump officials begin to jump ship after assault on US Capitol
A steady stream of #Trump administration officials are beating an early path to the exits as a protest against the deadly siege of the #US #Capitol this week even as others wrestling with the stay-or-go question...