World Uganda’s Museveni on track for sixth term as president Uganda's Yoweri Museveni looked headed for a sixth term as president with election results Saturday placing him firmly ahead of his main rival,... on 16 January 2021 at 8h42 GMT
World Taliban kill 12 pro-govt militiamen in Afghanistan insider attack Two Taliban fighters who had infiltrated a base of pro-government Afghan militiamen killed 12 of them, officials and the insurgent group said... on 16 January 2021 at 8h35 GMT
World Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake Rescuers scrambled to find buried survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island killed dozens, injured hundreds... on 16 January 2021 at 8h35 GMT
World US carries out last federal execution of Trump era : reports US authorities carried out the 13th and final federal execution of Donald Trump's presidency Saturday, media reports said, less than a week before... on 16 January 2021 at 8h25 GMT
Health Belgian cafe owner holds sleep-in to protest virus shutdown A fed-up cafe owner in Belgium is sleeping in her premises with little food, in protest at the months-long shutdown of her sector to curb the... on 16 January 2021 at 8h04 GMT
World Merkel pushes for centrist as party picks new leader Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party will elect a new leader on Saturday, in a key vote kicking off the race for Germany's top job... on 16 January 2021 at 7h45 GMT
World Thousands of US-bound Honduran migrants cross border into Guatemala At least 4,500 Honduran migrants pushed past police and crossed into Guatemala Friday night, passing the first hurdle of a journey north they... on 16 January 2021 at 7h41 GMT
Health Disarray as two test positive for virus on Australian Open plane A host of tennis players were barred from practising for a fortnight Saturday in a major setback to their Australian Open preparations after... on 16 January 2021 at 7h35 GMT
Health India’s jumbo-sized vaccine rollout in numbers India began one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes on Saturday, hoping to end a pandemic that has killed 150,000 people... on 16 January 2021 at 7h10 GMT
Health Emirates stops flights to three major Australian cities Emirates has suspended flights to Australia's three largest cities as the country further restricts international arrivals over fears of new... on 16 January 2021 at 6h35 GMT
World Hong Kong government slams US for ‘insane’ sanctions Hong Kong on Saturday hit back at the United States over its latest sanctions on six pro-China officials, slamming the move as "insane, shameless... on 16 January 2021 at 5h35 GMT
World Five Hong Kong democracy protesters seek asylum in the US Five Hong Kong democracy protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan have arrived in the United States intending to seek asylum, an activist group... on 16 January 2021 at 5h00 GMT
Health ‘Friend’ China to donate one million vaccine doses to Cambodia : PM China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom's strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking... on 16 January 2021 at 4h58 GMT
World Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake Rescuers scrambled to find buried survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake on Indonesia's Sulawesi island killed dozens, injured hundreds... on 16 January 2021 at 3h30 GMT
World Australian winemaker hits her stride in heart of Burgundy Jane Eyre readily admits that while working as a hairdresser in Melbourne over twenty years ago, "I probably drank more gin and tonic" -- but... on 16 January 2021 at 2h39 GMT
World UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic A Burundian peacekeeper was killed Friday during an ambush by rebels in the Central African Republic, the United Nations said, the fifth soldier... on 16 January 2021 at 2h30 GMT
Culture ‘We need you’ German tenor Kaufmann tells pandemic public German tenor Jonas Kaufmann says not being able to perform in front of a live audience for months has been hugely detrimental for musicians who... on 16 January 2021 at 2h28 GMT
Business Canadian firm pulls out of Carrefour takeover after France insists ‘No’ Canadian convenience store chain Couche-Tard has reportedly pulled out of a multi-billion euro takeover of supermarket giant Carrefour after... on 16 January 2021 at 1h56 GMT
Health Gene-mapping champion Iceland leads the way in Covid sequencing Iceland has genetically sequenced all its positive Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, an increasingly vital practice as worrying... on 16 January 2021 at 1h47 GMT
