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Read MoreMemo by Biden’s incoming chief of staff showed that the president-elect is looking to reverse several Trump policies.Memo by Biden’s incoming chief of staff showed that the president-elect is looking to reverse several Trump policies.

Read More President holds on to power as rival Bobi Wine claims violence and fraud mar result Bobi Wine, the Ugandan pop star turned politician, was under house arrest on Saturday after losing the country’s presidential election. President Yoweri Museveni extended his near 35-year grip on power, winning a sixth term, after an election marred…

Read More A Mexican cardinal has been censored by Facebook after claiming that the Covid-19 pandemic is part of a “new world order plot” and saying vaccines against the disease contain satanic microchips. Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez claimed in a video on the social media platform that vaccines to combat the spread of the coronavirus…

Read More A flashpoint for anti-India protests, Kashmir has seen a large number of ‘encounters’ in recent years where people accuse the army of fake killings, reports Shweta Sharma A flashpoint for anti-India protests, Kashmir has seen a large number of ‘encounters’ in recent years where people accuse the army of fake killings, reports Shweta…

Read MoreIran says it is advancing research on uranium metal production with the aim of feeding a research reactor in Tehran.Iran says it is advancing research on uranium metal production with the aim of feeding a research reactor in Tehran.

Read More Food fanatics used to obsess over kimchi – and this year it might be teff or guanciale. Brand consultants, market analysts and chefs explain how a product gets to be cool Every January, the British food media attempts to predict which ingredients and dishes will define the next 12 months. A new year…

Read More President Trump tried to marginalize California. He failed. Now, with Joe Biden and Democrats taking power, no state is more influential in setting a policy agenda. President Trump tried to marginalize California. He failed. Now, with Joe Biden and Democrats taking power, no state is more influential in setting a policy agenda.

Read More The majority of more than 140,000 tips sent to the FBI about the attack have come from friends and family of those involved When Alison Lopez discovered her uncle’s sister had been part of the mob that breached the Capitol doors on 6 January, she immediately reported her to the FBI. “I had…

Read MoreWith Europe’s highest coronavirus death toll, the United Kingdom has been under a national shutdown since January 5.With Europe’s highest coronavirus death toll, the United Kingdom has been under a national shutdown since January 5.

Read MoreThe main opposition candidate rejects the result that saw President Museveni win a sixth term.The main opposition candidate rejects the result that saw President Museveni win a sixth term.

Read More Dozens of health workers in Delhi who were the first in line to be inoculated against Covid-19 have experienced side effects from the jab, with one admitted to the ICU, as India begins its nationwide immunization drive. At least 51 healthcare workers in India’s capital suffered minor adverse reactions after receiving the jab…

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Read MoreUganda’s opposition leader urges supporters to refrain from violence as he plans to challenge Museveni win in court.Uganda’s opposition leader urges supporters to refrain from violence as he plans to challenge Museveni win in court.

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Read More Assassination of supreme court judges follows months of increased violence in Afghanistan Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the country’s supreme court in an early-morning ambush in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, as a wave of assassinations continued to rattle the nation. Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months…

Read More Cerue Cotton never expected to find herself on a picket line. As a forklift operator for Cash-Wa, a regional food distributor in Fargo, North Dakota, she enjoyed the physical challenges and responsibility of her job, and was used to working overnight hours. But this fall, everything changed. The coronavirus, which had seemed like…

Read More The born-and-raised New Yorker seems ready to leave the city in which he made his name – and few will mourn his departure When Donald Trump leaves the White House on 20 January, reports indicate that he will not return to his home town of New York City but rather, reside at his…

Read More The president ‘shut down’ the internet as he won the election. You don’t stay in power for 40 years by taking risks Days before Uganda’s presidential election – voting took place last Thursday – the incumbent, 76-year-old Yoweri Museveni, ordered that social media be switched off. People found their way around that by…

Read More The Russian Navy had deployed its latest patrol vessel Dmitry Rogachev to the naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast. The Project 22160 patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev was filmed heading cruising down the Bosphorus. The video was posted on social media by Bosphorus-based naval observer Cavit Ege Tulça. The Russian Black…

Read MoreDozens of top players are confined to hotel rooms for 14 days, throwing their training into disarray.Dozens of top players are confined to hotel rooms for 14 days, throwing their training into disarray.

Read MoreSome capitols are closed, fences are up and extra police are in place at statehouses across the U.S. as authorities brace for potentially violent demonstrations over the coming daysSome capitols are closed, fences are up and extra police are in place at statehouses across the U.S. as authorities brace for potentially violent demonstrations over…

Read More Coaches, charity workers – and the footballer himself – reveal what drives the man who twice tackled Boris Johnson on child hunger and won Show me the child at seven and I will show you the man, the old wisdom says. But in football terms, you never know, not really, which kids are…

Read More The US is riven with stark inequalities, rising white supremacist terror and large numbers who believe the election was stolen. The new administration faces a truly daunting challenge In another age, Joe Biden’s promise to heal the nation might have been regarded as the kind of blandishment expected from any new leader taking…

Read MoreBureau examining payments of $500,000 in bitcoin made by a French national to key far-right figures and groups.Bureau examining payments of $500,000 in bitcoin made by a French national to key far-right figures and groups.

Read MoreThe two women were targeted by gunmen while travelling to their office in a vehicle, officials say.The two women were targeted by gunmen while travelling to their office in a vehicle, officials say.

Read More Experts agree that the impact of the jab will vary regionally and among different groups Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Analysts are involved in an urgent effort to gauge the impact of Britain’s mass Covid-19 vaccine campaign and to pinpoint dates when lockdown measures can be eased. More than…

Read More Stanley Kubrick asked a young publicist to write a track for his movie, but didn’t use it. Now we can all hear it Stanley Kubrick’s enigmatic film 2001: A Space Odyssey has posed a puzzle from the first. The unsettling story of a manned space journey to Jupiter, it continues to intrigue audiences…

Read More As Russian opposition leader returns to Moscow, flight records show how Kremlin agents have been following him for years Less than five months after an apparent novichok poisoning put him in a coma, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was planning to fly into Moscow on Sunday, defying threats by Russian officials that he…

Read MoreRescuers continue searching for survivors in the rubble left behind by a magnitude 6.2 quake.Rescuers continue searching for survivors in the rubble left behind by a magnitude 6.2 quake.

Read More From rewilding to marine conservation, these breaks for later in the year have a restorative effect on nature – and holidaymakers, too The idea of rewilding – moving away from current forestry and agricultural techniques and allowing nature to thrive – is gaining ground. Continue reading…From rewilding to marine conservation, these breaks for…

Read More The horror writer agrees to let an editor whose cousin was shot and killed by Camorra gangs print his work on gun violence A non-fiction essay about gun violence by the American horror writer Stephen King will be produced by a tiny publishing house in Scampia, on the outskirts of Naples, known as…

Read More The pandemic has exposed the impact of 20 years of turning higher education into a marketplace and students into increasingly dissatisfied customers In 2018-19 Manchester City FC had revenues of £535.2m. Manchester United had £627m. The University of Manchester made more than £1bn – not far short, in other words, of the combined…

Read MoreA photojournalist who was in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in January 2011 revisits the day he knew things had changed for good.A photojournalist who was in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in January 2011 revisits the day he knew things had changed for good.

Read More Lai Chi-wai spent 10 hours pulling himself up the tower to raise money for spinal cord patients Lai Chi-wai has become the first in Hong Kong to climb more than 250 metres of a skyscraper while strapped into a wheelchair, as he pulled himself up for more than 10 hours on Saturday to…