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Human remains found in the search for a missing British hiker have been confirmed as being hers, a charity says. Esther Dingley, 37, was...

Kenya’s president has told Sky News that vaccine nationalism “has really shown how unequal this world is” – and has vowed to fight “day...

Hundreds of military personnel have been called up to help enforce a COVID lockdown in Australia’s biggest city. Sydney has remained under stay-at-home orders...

America’s divisions are huge, but the country appears to have come together to support Simone Biles. The superstar US gymnast, one of the world’s...

The UK will give Kenya 817,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the government has announced. Ministers said the offer would help the nation...

COVID-19 cases in Tokyo are now rising faster than at any time in the pandemic but Japanese authorities are resisting renewed calls for the...

Five people are missing following an explosion at a German industrial park for chemical companies. The blast in Leverkusen has been declared an “extreme...

A violent hailstorm has brought traffic to a halt on one of Italy’s main highways, injuring a number of people and smashing car windows....

Tunisia’s president has been accused of staging a coup by his opponents after he dismissed the prime minister and froze parliament following violent demonstrations...

Dr Angelique Coetzee is a GP in the South African capital Pretoria, where she has run a family clinic for the past 33 years....

The Pride march that snaked its way through Budapest was about much more than just celebrating the city’s LGBT+ community. This was a raucous...

Slava Kemlil is waiting for us on the dock in the Arctic town of Chersky.   He’s been there applying for government grants but...

Team GB’s hopes of a cycling medal on the first day of the Tokyo Olympics came to an early end after Geraint Thomas pulled...

The opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has begun with a spectacular show at the national stadium. The event began with a performer...

Guinea has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, citing a “resurgence of COVID variants”. It means five athletes from the African nation will be...

The director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been fired over comments he made about the Holocaust. The remarks were made by Kentaro Kobayashi...

Further rain has been forecast until the weekend in China’s Henan province where at least 25 people have been killed in days of flooding....

Parts of China have been hit by “the heaviest rain in 1,000 years” – with footage showing underground train carriages filling with water. More...

People have been left trapped in cars and underground train carriages after heavy rainfall caused widespread damage in central China. More than 20cm of...