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Ex-policeman Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd's murder
The jury deliberated less than 11 hours before finding 45-year-old Chauvin guilty of all three charges against him: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter.
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Vladimir Putin: bringing power back to Russia at all costs
Making sure that Russia is not just listened to, but respected and even feared, has been at the heart of Putin's presidency since he came to power in 1999 as a relatively unknown ex-spy.
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Freedom index finds journalism blocked in 130+ countries
The Middle East and North Africa region continues to be the most repressive for journalists, the report found, highlighting the worsening situation in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Syria over the past year.
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Spain extends ban on Brazil, South Africa arrivals
Only legal residents or nationals of Spain and the neighbouring micro-state of Andorra are currently allowed in on flights from these countries.
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UK vows to slash emissions by more than three-quarters by 2035
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his latest legally binding target, which is 15 years earlier than once planned, ahead of staging COP26, the UN's annual climate gathering, in Glasgow in November.
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COVID-19 vaccine-makers largely protected on side effects
Pharmaceutical companies making COVID-19 vaccines are largely protected legally in the event of harmful side effects, like blood clots that have been linked to jabs from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.
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J&J and other drugmakers go on trial over US opioid crisis
J&J, Teva, Endo and Allergan are accused of trivialising the dangers of long-term use of opioid painkillers to boost sales in a lawsuit filed by several California counties and the city of Oakland.
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US vows to lead on climate, press world to reduce coal use
Casting climate change as a national security issue, Blinken warned both of major impact around the planet - and risks to the United States if it does not raise its own efforts.
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Czechs ban Rosatom from nuclear tender, rule out Sputnik vaccine
The announcements follow tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats after Prague accused Russia's secret services of being behind a fatal explosion on Czech territory in 2014.
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Jury begins deliberations in George Floyd murder trial
Prosecutors, in closing arguments to the jury, which will be sequestered during deliberations, repeatedly showed the harrowing video seen by millions around the world.
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Russia moves Navalny to prison hospital under Western pressure
The United States on Sunday threatened Russia with "consequences" if President Vladimir Putin's major domestic opponent -- who launched a hunger strike three weeks ago -- dies in jail, with Navalny's private doctors warning at the weekend he could pass away at "any minute".
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Coca-Cola hopeful COVID-19 vaccines will reverse profit slide
The soda giant, which relies on sporting events, concerts and other public venues for a significant fraction of its sales, described performance as a mixed bag, depending on the region.
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NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
At 3:34 am Eastern Time (0734 GMT), the four pound (1.8 kilogram) rotorcraft lifted off, hovered 10 feet (three meters) above the Martian surface, then came back to rest after 39.1 seconds.
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Global COVID death toll passes three million
It is the latest grim milestone since the novel coronavirus first surfaced in central China in December 2019 and went on to infect more than 139 million people.
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Jury in George Floyd murder trial to hear closing arguments
Derek Chauvin, a 19-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department, faces a maximum of 40 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge - second-degree murder.
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Week-long lockdown in New Delhi as virus cases soar
The nation of 1.3 billion people reported a record-high of 273,810 infections on Monday - the fifth consecutive day of more than 200,000 cases - to take the total to just over 15 million.
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Russia says Navalny to be transferred to prison hospital
He was thrown behind bars in February for more than two years on old embezzlement charges, just weeks after he returned to Moscow from Germany where he had been recuperating from a near-fatal poisoning attack.
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Lindani Myeni's widow battles to make sense of his killing at hands of US police
The 29-year-old former KwaZulu-Natal rugby player was shot dead by Hawaii police last week.
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Radical Pakistan party releases 11 police hostages after anti-France protests
The officers were grabbed as hostages Sunday by supporters of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) during violent protests in Lahore.
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NASA aims for historic helicopter flight on Mars
The space agency had originally planned the flight for April 11 but postponed it over a software issue that was identified during a planned high-speed test of the aircraft's rotors.
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'Tipping point': Oscars filmmakers hail disability progress
Real progress came in 1987 when Marlee Matlin, who is deaf, won the Academy Award for best actress for "Children of a Lesser God."
