Children as young as five to get COVID jab within weeks, White House announces

Children aged five to 11 in the US will soon be able to get a COVID-19 jab, the White House has announced. Officials say the expected authorisation of the Pfizer vaccine for younger children...

‘Save us today – so we can raise our voices again tomorrow’: The musicians living in fear

"Afghanistan was a silent country, a silenced nation," says Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the country's National Institute of Music. "And the same is happening again today."Having spent more than a decade encouraging...

Brazil’s president should face homicide charges over 95,000 COVID-19 deaths, draft report finds

Brazil's president should face homicide charges over errors that led to an estimated 95,000 COVID-19 deaths, a draft of a major inquiry report has found.With more than 600,000 deaths, only the US has lost...

‘Terrorist’ blast leaves 14 dead and more injured as bus destroyed during rush hour in Syrian capital

At least 14 people have been killed after an explosion destroyed a bus in the Syrian capital of Damascus.A local television station said two roadside explosive devices went off as the bus was on...

Haiti gang demand $17m ransom for release of kidnapped American and Canadian missionaries

A ransom of $1m (GBP720,000) is being demanded for each of the 17 American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti.The country's justice minister, Liszt Quitel, said talks are under way with gang to release...

Stunning pictures show inside otherworldly ice caves appearing in the Austrian Alps

Glaciers will melt at a fast rate and eventually vanish completely if climate change is not halted, scientists have warned.It comes after glaciologists ventured inside otherworldly ice caves growing beneath Austria's doomed glaciers to...

Three children killed in Ethiopia airstrike in ‘alarming conflict escalation’, UN says

At least three children were killed and one other person was injured during an airstrike in the capital of the Tigray region in Ethiopia on Monday, the United Nations has said.A deadly conflict erupted...

China does ‘not need UK actions to encourage’ it to be more ambitious in tackling climate change

China's special envoy on climate has told Sky News that his nation does "not need the actions taken by the UK to encourage" Beijing to be more ambitious in tackling climate change.As the world's...