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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was due to chair an emergency meeting with ministers Monday after the announcement of a potentially fast-spreading new coronavirus variant prompted a chaotic border shutdown.

The day Farhad Bandesh turned 39, he heard the words he’d come to believe weren’t possible, after almost eight years in Australian immigration detention facilities: “You’re free to go.”

European officials will discuss a co-ordinated travel response to a new coronavirus variant in the UK.

Police are investigating insults against April Benayoum after she revealed her Israeli origins.

All states and territories have begun enforcing travel bans, upending Christmas plans for many people.

The deal on the $900bn package comes as millions are jobless or in poverty due to the pandemic.

How has a new coronavirus variant become the most common form of the virus in parts of England?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson surprised the United Kingdom this weekend by announcing tough new coronavirus restrictions in some areas just days after saying such measures would be “inhuman.” But at the close of an unpredictable and unprecedented year, the British leader’s U-turn on holiday season travel and gatherings was just …

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera was slapped with a $3,500 fine on Friday after posing for a selfie on the beach with a bystander without wearing a mask as required during the coronavirus pandemic, health authorities said.

Italy and Ireland are to join the Netherlands and Belgium, with other nations expected to follow.