Indian officials apologise over video of victims’ bodies
A video showing bodies of Covid-19 victims being dumped in southern India has provoked outrage online. The footage, which...
Number of women, girls facing period poverty in lockdown rises
The number of women and girls facing period poverty in the UK has risen sharply during the coronavirus lockdown,...
More than 100 test positive after India wedding
Some 111 guests tested positive for Covid-19 after a wedding in India’s northern Bihar state. The groom also died...
South Korea distributes stocks of remdesivir
South Korea has started distributing stocks of remdesivir, a drug being used to treat Covid-19. The supply has been...
Hong Kong: First arrests under ‘anti-protest’ law as handover marked
Hong Kong police have made their first arrests under a new “anti-protest” law imposed by Beijing, as crowds marked...
WHO warns worst could still be to come
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the worst could still be to come in the Covid-19 pandemic. WHO...
Hydroxychloroquine trial to restart
The UK has approved the resumption of tests into whether a controversial malaria drug can be used to treat...
Human trial of India coronavirus vaccine announced
Volunteers in India will be immunised with a new locally made coronavirus vaccine in July. An unspecified number of...
Flu virus with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China
A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by...
Coronavirus: EU to allow in visitors from 14 ‘safe’ countries
The EU has named 14 countries whose citizens are deemed “safe” to be let in from 1 July, despite...
Coronavirus: Florida and Texas reverse reopening as US cases pass 2.5m
Coronavirus infections across the United States have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported in the states...
Coca-Cola suspends social media advertising despite Facebook changes
Coca-Cola will suspend advertising on social media globally for at least 30 days, as pressure builds on platforms to...
UN chief ‘shocked and disturbed’ by video of car sex act in Israel
The video, shared widely on social media, was apparently filmed on a main street by Tel Aviv’s seafront. The...
Facebook adds labels as Unilever joins boycott
Facebook has said it will start to label potentially harmful posts that it leaves up because of their news...
Global COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000
The coronavirus pandemic has killed 400,000 people since it emerged in China late last year, according to an AFP...
Study abroad dreams now in turmoil
Given the restrictions on international travel, it’s no surprise that hundreds of thousands of students who were planning to...