Omicron, Tsitsipas and Dogecoin: Can you correctly pronounce 2021’s trickiest words?

Omicron, Tsitsipas and cryptocurrency Dogecoin have made it on to a list of the year's most mispronounced words.The US Captioning Company - which produces subtitles for live TV - surveyed its members to produce...

West’s united front over Russia’s military build-up on Ukrainian border ahead of Biden call with Putin

US President Joe Biden has spoken to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European leaders to share growing concerns about Russia's behaviour towards Ukraine.

Under-fire Raab denies whistleblower’s claim dogs were prioritised over humans in Afghan evacuation

Dominic Raab has said the government did "everything we could" to get vulnerable Afghans out of Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover - and denied that ministers prioritised the evacuation of animals...

Wildfires break carbon emission records in US, Siberia, and Turkey, as climate change fans intense blazes, says EU

Wildfires have produced a record amount of carbon emissions in some parts of the world this year, according to the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.Fires in the western US, Siberia, and Turkey were...

US to stage diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics over China human rights abuses

The US will stage a diplomatic boycott against the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest against human rights abuses in China.

Curve of COVID cases driven by Omicron variant ‘much steeper’ than previous waves, professor warns

A curve of new COVID cases - driven by the Omicron variant - is "much steeper" than previous waves, the director of the Africa Health Research Institute has warned, as South Africa prepares its...

Pakistan PM promises ‘full severity of the law’ for mob who lynched Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy

More than 100 people have been arrested in Pakistan following the brutal lynching of a Sri Lankan man accused of blasphemy, with the country's government condemning the violence.Priyantha Diyawadana, a 48-year-old factory manager,...

Italy brings in tougher restrictions for the unvaccinated – but there are doubts as to how rules will be enforced

Italians face tougher rules from Monday if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19.