The United States will hit Russia with its harshest economic sanctions yet if President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, the top US diplomat has said.In the strongest US warning yet about the crisis, Anthony Blinken...

Some Omicron cases are experiencing "mild" symptoms and experts should have more information about the transmission of the new COVID variant within days, an epidemiologist at the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.This is...

China has launched an aggressive campaign to get 85% of its citizens speaking Mandarin by 2025.The order, issued on Wednesday by the State Council, China's cabinet, said the use of Mandarin, known in Chinese...

France has tightened up its rules for people travelling into the country from outside the European Union amid growing fears about the Omicron variant.Travellers - including from the UK - will need to show...

Although the Earth's orbit around the Sun is not a perfect circle today, at times it has been even more elliptical - making the seasons more eccentric - and a new study has found...

A school gunman tried to lure students out into the hallway by pretending he was a police officer, viral video footage shows.Three people were killed after a 15-year-old boy opened fire at his Michigan...

Early indications suggest most Omicron coronavirus cases are "mild", an official at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Speaking on behalf of the organisation, the official said there is no evidence to suggest...

The world's rich nations must help vaccinate the poorest nations or else they will face a continual cycle of economic shocks and restrictions in the face of new variants, the OECD's chief economist has...