International

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes a five-day tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a benevolent Beijing will help inoculate its population out of the global coronavirus pandemic.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says contact between officials should no longer be “shackled”.

Pope Francis has said the Vatican will begin Covid-19 vaccinations next week and that he is in line to receive the jab.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is developing new weaponry including a nuclear-powered submarine, tactical nuclear weapons and advanced warheads designed to penetrate missile defense systems.

Ten newborn babies died in a hospital fire in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on Friday, according to the country’s state-run broadcaster Doordarshan.

A Boeing 737 believed to be carrying more than 50 passengers goes missing after take-off in Indonesia.

Canada continues to set new daily records for Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths as officials plead with Canadians to follow public health guidance aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

One year after the Covid-19 outbreak began, countries around the world are racing to secure and distribute vaccines to their citizens.

The social media giant suspends the US president “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”.

The charge of “incitement of insurrection” is set to be tabled on Monday after riots at the Capitol.