Russia, China, the US and UK see a vaccine as a projection of their scientific prowess.

Many of Beirut's painstakingly restored stained glass windows were destroyed in moments in the massive blast.

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe acts are making the best of a bad situation online, but for how long?

Drew Adams, a US trans man, has won a court battle against his school to use the male bathrooms.

Some Italians are re-evaluating their colonial past in East Africa, writes Ismail Einashe.

Composer Tony Britten was told "the music has become as iconic to football as red is to Coca-Cola".

The cheers had barely died down after Rijeka's opening ceremony when the pandemic struck.

Could human challenge trials speed up the development of a coronavirus vaccine?

A selection of pictures from our readers on the theme of "garden creatures".

German friends Mirco Wiegert and Lorenz Hampl launched best-selling Fritz-Kola in 2003.

Darina, 19, was seized while monitoring voting in the disputed election. Her mum couldn't find her.

Comedians Jesse Appell in the United States and Tony Chou in China caught up online during the pandemic.

President Donald Trump ordered Americans to stop doing business with the popular Chinese video app.

One fire tearing through the state is the third largest California has ever seen.

BBC Radio 5 Live's European football experts discuss who will win the 2020 Champions League final between Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich.

Can can you name every manager to have won the Champions League since 1992?

England's chief medical officer says reopening classrooms carries an "incredibly small" risk to pupils.

It comes as police forces across England break up dozens of gatherings, including street parties.

Anthony Joshua urges Dillian Whyte to rediscover his finishing instinct - and says the British pair could yet face each other.

South Africa's Jacques Kallis, Australia's Lisa Sthalekar and Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas are inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame.