New York has become the first state in the US to temporarily ban facial recognition systems in schools due to “serious and legitimate” privacy concerns.
More than 1,000 people evacuated over flooding in England
Flooding has forced hundreds of people to flee a caravan park in Northamptonshire, leaving some homeless for Christmas. Severe weather is expected in other parts of England too: in Bedfordshire, police have advised...
Christmas Day explosion in Nashville was ‘intentional’, say police
A vehicle exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning in what police described as an “intentional act,” and fire officials reported taking three people to hospital but none of them critically injured...
Watch the Queen’s Christmas message
The Queen has given her 2020 Christmas message in a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic.
Latin America starts mass vaccination
Mexico, Chile and Costa Rica have become the first Latin American countries to administer Covid-19 vaccines as Pfizer-BioNTech doses arrive.
Pope urges world to share vaccines in Christmas message curbed by Covid-19
Pope Francis called in his Christmas message on Friday for nations to share Covid-19 vaccines, saying walls of nationalism could not be built to stop a pandemic that knows no borders.
Peace in Afghanistan still a work in progress
Nearly two decades after the US-led invasion, efforts are under way to bring peace to war-torn Afghanistan. This year marked some progress but as Hasan Abdullah reports, there is doubt whether that will continue into...