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Merkel finds Twitter halt of Trump account 'problematic'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had said she was 'furious and saddened' by the storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters.
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England opens mass vaccination sites as virus spike fears spread
The sites include football stadiums and a horse racing course, and are located in cities including Bristol, London, Newcastle and Manchester.
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China says WHO coronavirus experts to visit from Thursday
This comes more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing delayed the investigation.
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Democrats forge ahead to impeach Trump, again
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there would be a resolution on Monday calling for the cabinet to remove Donald Trump as unfit for office under the Constitution's 25th amendment.
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US launches work on consulate in disputed Western Sahara
US ambassador David Fischer visited the port of Dakhla, 1,440 kilometres southwest of Rabat in the far south of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, to mark the start of work on a diplomatic office.
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Swiss school closures cut COVID-19 spread: study
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, ETH, determined that the closure of Swiss schools last March was responsible for cutting mobility by more than a fifth.
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Indonesia plane crash: Authorities locate black box recorders
The announcement came as divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
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Germany's coronavirus deaths toll tops 40,000
More than 1.9 million people have been infected so far, with almost 17,000 new cases added since Saturday.
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Belgium coronavirus deaths top 20,000: official
During the first wave of the pandemic Belgium also included people who died and may have had the virus but did not necessarily have a test.
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US Vice President Mike Pence to attend Biden inauguration: reports
In his final tweet before being removed from Twitter on Friday, Donald Trump said he would not attend the inauguration.
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Short on alternatives, fans trash Twitter's Trump ban - on Twitter
Ironically, given the enormous influence of the platform, they have aired their grievances first of all on ... Twitter -- a choice underscoring the platform's huge readership and the relative paucity of alternatives.
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UPDATE: Body parts found at Indonesian plane crash site
The Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 plunged into a steep dive about four minutes after it left Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.
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UK's Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip given COVID-19 vaccine
A source told the domestic Press Association news agency that the queen, 94, and Philip, 99, were given the injections by a royal household doctor at Windsor Castle.
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Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air jet feared crashed after losing contact
It was unclear how many passengers and crew were aboard the Boeing 737-500, which has a capacity of about 130, when it left Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta international airport Saturday afternoon.
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10 babies killed in India hospital fire
All of those who died were aged between a few days and three months, according to reports.
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Brisbane locks down as new strains put Australia on high alert
Highways into the city - which is usually a popular destination for Australian holidaymakers - were deserted as tourists were told to stay away until the lockdown ends.
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New COVID-19 variant found in eight US states: Official data
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control showed Friday that the strain - first reported in the US last week - has been detected in eight states, with California and Florida the worst affected.
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Twitter boots Trump to stop violence-sparking tweets
Twitter' decision to permanently suspend Trump is considered overdue by critics who argue he has gotten away with abuses, but has inflamed members of the far-right who equate fact-checking with stifling free speech.
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EU doubles BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine order to 600 mn jabs
Authorities in the 27-nation bloc have been hit with rising criticism that the vaccine rollout that started December 27 has been too slow, especially compared with countries such as the United States or former EU member Britain.
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US loses 140,000 jobs in December, unemployment 6.7%: govt
"The decline in payroll employment reflects the recent increase in coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and efforts to contain the pandemic," the Labour Department said.
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2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record
The six years since 2015 are the six warmest ever registered, as are 20 of the last 21, evidence of a persistent and deepening trend, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported.
