2020-12-28

Not wearing a mask in public is now a criminal offence in South Africa.

2020-12-28

Spain 'to register' those who refuse to have Covid-19 vaccine

2020-12-28

Extremely rare white Kiwi that inspired books & toys dies in New Zealand after surgery, prompting widespread mourning

2020-12-28

Adidas developing plant-based leather material that will be used to make shoes...material made from mycelium, which is part of fungus. Company produced 15 million pairs of shoes in 2020 made from recycled plastic waste collected from beaches and coastal regions.

2020-12-28

A cameraman for Reuters was arrested in Ethiopia after police raided his home and confiscated his computer, phone, and other materials. The Reuters cameraman had reportedly been involved in covering fighting between government troops and rebel forces in the North Tigray region.

2020-12-28

Long Covid Complication Makes People Smell Fish, Sulfur, And Burning

2020-12-28

Alarm sounds as exploratory drilling for oil begins in northern Namibia: wildlife-rich Okavango Delta would be affected by Canadian oil company's fracking

2020-12-28

900 rotisserie chicken meals donated to homeless people in Montreal

2020-12-28

'Star Trek's James Doohan's ashes smuggled on Space Station

2020-12-28

Loujain al-Hathloul: Saudi woman activist jailed for five years

2020-12-28

New $160k per year cancer drug will now cost patients $480

2020-12-28

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches cannabis index

2020-12-28

Pope Francis formally strips Vatican secretariat of state of financial assets, real estate holdings

2020-12-28

Australia insists WHO inquiry into Covid origin must be robust, despite China tensions

2020-12-28

UN rapporteur on Assange: 'The US is trying to criminalize investigative journalism': A London court will decide on January 4 on the US extradition request for Julian Assange. For Nils Melzer, UN special rapporteur on torture, it's a political process and a travesty of justice

2020-12-28

Atlantic discovery: 12 new species 'hiding in the deep'

2020-12-28

The US allocates USD169 million of security assistance to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

2020-12-28

China warns of harm to US ties with passage of Taiwan, Tibet bills

2020-12-27

'People are being shown no mercy': Online evictions raise alarm in Canada's most populous province

2020-12-27

21-year-old Arya Rajendran to Become the Youngest Mayor in India