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The United Kingdom will spend at least 3 billion pounds of international climate finance on nature and biodiversity over five years and 38 million pounds will go towards establishing the Climate Compatible Growth Progr
The US House of Representatives has impeached President Donald Trump for "incitement of insurrection" at last week's Capitol riot. He is the first president in US history to be twice impeached - to be charged with
The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote to impeach President Donald Trump over his role in last week's storming of Congress. Democrats accuse the president of encouraging his supporters to attack the C
US President Donald Trump has said his speech before last week's deadly Capitol riot, when he urged his supporters to march on Congress, was "totally appropriate". Trump dismissed as "ridiculous" efforts by Democra
The Indonesian Navy has released footage of divers searching through the wreckage of a passenger plane which crashed into the sea over the weekend as the hunt for its black boxes resumes. Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 l
Democrats in the US House of Representatives have introduced a resolution to the House asking Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove US President Donald Trump. BBC News reports the chamber
"Black boxes" from a passenger plane that crashed into the sea soon after take-off in Indonesia yesterday have been located. Navy divers are confident that they will be able to retrieve the two flight recorders whe
Black boxes of a passenger plane which crashed in the sea soon after take-off from Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday have been located. BBC News reports ships have been searching the site and navy divers are expected to
Indonesian authorities say they have found the location where they believe a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from the country's capital Jakarta today. BBC News reports the Sri
Ten babies, some them days old, have been killed in a fire at a hospital in India as members of staff rushed to evacuate the ward. Seven infants were rescued from the blaze before firefighters arrived at the Bhanda
Rescue crews have discovered bits of debris in the ocean near where a Boeing 737 was last seen on flight radar before it vanished just moments after takeoff from Jakarta. The Indonesian passenger plane, operated by
There are reports that Russia and China have opposed the candidacy of Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan to be the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Khan is Fiji's Permanent Representative to the Un
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have received COVID-19 vaccinations. BBC News reports the vaccinations were administered yesterday by a household doctor at Windsor Castle. The Queen who is 94 and Prince Ph
A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 62 people is believed to have crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Indonesia's capital Jakarta. BBC News reports the Sriwijaya Air disappeared from radars four minu
Twitter has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account on citing “the risk of further incitement of violence.†Trump’s account was initially banned for 12 hours due to “severe violations of
A further 1,325 people have died in the UK within 28 days of a positive Covid test - the biggest figure reported in a single day since the pandemic began. BBC News reports this means there have been just short of
Lab studies have shown the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can still target a key mutation that has emerged in two new strains of coronavirus. This is only one of many mutations that are found in the new forms of the virus
Facebook has banned US President Donald Trump. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg says they believe the risks of allowing Trump to continue to use their service during this period are simply too great so they
A World Health Organisation team due to investigate the origins of COVID-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China. Two members were already en route, with the WHO saying the problem was a lack of visa
A hospital in Poland is facing a fine of $US67,000 for allowing a group of actors, media executives and a former prime minister to jump ahead of the queue and receive a coronavirus vaccination. There has been consi
