The top US infectious disease expert had previously said the UK "rushed" approving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

Odeon owner AMC is alarmed by Warner Bros' plan to stream films in US as soon as they hit cinemas.

The Trump administration accuses the tech firm of favouring foreign workers in its hiring policy.

Beijing seeks to dominate the world, warns US intelligence director John Ratcliffe.

A student-led protest movement has started demanding reform of the monarchy and an end to military coups.

The president-elect says universal mask-wearing should bring a "significant reduction" in Covid-19.

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It started with a shocking tweet, and swiftly led to censorship and furious insults.

The country has recorded the second highest number of Covid-19 cases globally.

The once successful trade story now represents a worst case scenario of Australia and China tensions.

A rare excavation south of Oslo will provide new details about Viking culture.

The mixed-race Irish people searching for their African roots.

The US space agency has awarded two American and one Japanese firm contracts to pick up lunar soil.

Their arrests had drawn widespread criticism from the UN, civil liberties groups and celebrities.

The deal would let Meng Wanzhou return to China from Canada, where she was arrested in 2018.

Gitanjali Rao, 15, says she proves that you don't have to look like a "typical scientist".

The European Union's largest oil producer plans to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050.

Rights groups say Bangladesh is relocating thousands of refugees to a remote island against their will.

With a coronavirus vaccine approved in the UK, and other countries expected to follow, many are asking when they will be vaccinated and if it will be mandatory.

So how might the rollout be carried out around the world? BBC Outside Source’s Ros Atkins takes…

The Nazis removed Jewish names from the German phonetic alphabet - now a reform is coming.

A year on from the first coronavirus case, China’s restrictions on daily life have lessened significantly.

But some in the country think China should apologise for the pandemic, while others are worried about how they’ll be treated abroad once the world…