Compulsory mask-wearing has been highly controversial in the US.

After a challenging year, beauty salon workers hope the Covid vaccines will prove a game changer.

Why "preppers" are going mainstream and are no longer lonely survivalists on the fringes of society.

AR Rahman on joining Bafta's search for emerging artists in India's film, TV and games industries.

The campaign is based on efforts around a similar case involving a British journalist fifty years ago.

The pandemic inspires a scheme to pair language students with older people in France via video link.

Four Syrians say they enlisted for sentry duties in Azerbaijan and were sent to the Nagorno-Karabakh front line.

Ethiopian soldiers recount the dramatic moment their army camps were raided in Tigray.

Singapore thought it had found a way to let people back on board - until a positive test mid-cruise.

The executions make Mr Trump the most prolific execution president in modern history.

How will Americans receive the vaccine? Will it be free? And will enough people take it?

The striker's hat-trick eliminated Brazil on the way to Italy's triumph in the competition in Spain.

The deal is one of many aimed at replicating trade pacts that will cease when the UK leaves the EU.

The finding is thought to be the first to document the use of tools by Asian honeybees.

The way players train needs to be addressed "very quickly" after ex-players say the sport has left them with brain damage, says Damian Hopley.

In her latest BBC Sport column, Karen Carney discusses the impact of Olivier Giroud, his place in the Chelsea squad and why he is undervalued.

Italy's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi, who finished top scorer at the tournament and got the opening goal in the final, has died aged 64.

The UK's economy grew by just 0.4% in the month as the recovery continued to slow.

The Champions League group stage has come to an end so what have we learned? Who is looking in good shape - and who isn't?

Gunmen open fire on Malala Maiwand's vehicle as she travels to work in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

Five years after the Paris climate deal was agreed, we look at the promises made by key countries.