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Anti-Semitism 'reaching younger audience on social media': analysis
Hate speech remains more prolific and extreme on sites such as Parler and 4chan, but is being introduced to young users on mainstream platforms, they said in a joint report.
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Poland plans 353-million-euro wall on Belarus border
The EU has said the influx has been deliberately engineered by the Belarusian regime as a way of retaliating against EU sanctions.
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US to open land borders to vaccinated travellers in November
The United States had already announced in September that it would lift bans in November on all vaccinated air passengers who undergo testing and contact tracing.
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World's clean energy transition 'too slow': IEA
In its annual World Energy Outlook report - published just weeks before the COP26 summit in Glasgow - the IEA calculated that investment in clean energy projects and infrastructure would need to be more than trebled over the next decade if those pledges are to be met.
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UK worker shortage threatens Christmas turkey supply
Faced with a labour shortage in the poultry sector, UK farmers across the country have been advertising for workers. But applications are extremely rare and this could threaten the country's Christmas turkey supply.
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G20 leaders agree to step up Afghan humanitarian effort
The European Union opened the talks by pledging one billion euros ($1.2-billion), including money for urgent humanitarian needs and Afghanistan's neighbours who were taking in Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
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Kuwait allows women to join military in combat roles
Defence Minister Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah said the door had been opened for women to join various combat ranks, including as officers, the Kuwait Armed Forces tweeted.
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The IMF's growth forecast for SA compared to major economies
The updated IMF economic growth forecasts for selected countries, as released on 12 October 2021.
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Germany's CureVac ditches first-generation COVID jab
The decision comes after final trial results in July confirmed that CureVac's first vaccine had an efficacy rate of just 48%, well below that of faster rivals Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, whose vaccines are based on the same mRNA technology.
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Vaccinated vs unvaccinated: Study compares deaths & hospitalisations
Graphic showing the effectiveness of vaccines against COVID-19 based on a major study in France, comparing the data of those who had been vaccinated with those who had not.
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Macron announces €30 billion plan to re-industrialise France
President Emmanuel Macron said France had taken key decisions '15-20 years later than some of our European neighbours' and now needed to 'to become again a nation of innovation and research'.
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Under-pressure Taliban meet EU-US delegation in push for support
Afghanistan's new rulers are seeking recognition, as well as assistance to avoid a humanitarian disaster, after they returned to power in August following the withdrawal of US troops after 20 years of war.
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Brazil's Bolsonaro accused of 'crimes against humanity' at ICC
Austrian environmental justice campaigners Allrise filed the official complaint at The Hague-based court Tuesday morning.
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Georgieva keeps IMF helm despite scandal
Kristalina Georgieva's role at the institution was called into question after the 16 September publication of the findings of an investigation carried out at the request of the ethics committee of the World Bank, where Georgieva had previously held a senior role.
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Merck seeks US authorization for COVID treatment pill
Merck has submitted the application for molnupiravir, which it said earlier this month was shown to reduce hospitalisations by 50%.
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UK govt fumbled start of COVID crisis: MPs' probe
Britain has been hit hard by the crisis, with nearly 138,000 COVID-19 deaths since March last year, raising questions about why it has fared worse than other nations.
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How Serbia became the world's latest COVID hotspot
Despite having a variety of jabs available, the country's vaccination drive stalled after just over 40% of its seven-million population were inoculated.
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Austria gets new leader Schallenberg after graft crisis engulfs Kurz
Sebastian Kurz, a 35-year-old once feted as a 'whizz kid,' said late Saturday he was quitting the top job after being implicated in a corruption scandal.
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WHO urges COP26 summit to rein in global warming
In the report, entitled 'The Health Argument for Climate Action', the WHO set out 10 recommendations on how to maximise the health benefits of tackling climate change -- and avoid the worst health impacts of the climate crisis.
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Former Maldives leader Nasheed returns after surviving bomb blast
The 54-year-old pro-democracy pioneer was welcomed by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih at the Male international airport before being driven away under heavy armed escort.
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Inside the current global COVID-19 death toll
The toll of coronavirus infections and deaths worldwide and in worst-affected countries based on AFP tallies, as of 11 October 11 2021.
