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Pfizer and BioNTech said on Thursday that their Covid-19 vaccine was very effective against the South African variant in the latest phase of ongoing clinical trials. No cases of the disease were observed in South Africa during the phase…

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is deeply concerned about his decision to go on a hunger strike, saying they fear more damage to his already fragile health.

The South Korean capital Seoul said on Thursday that it had sent a proposal to host the 2032 Olympics together with the Nordic Pyongyang to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in an attempt to keep its hopes alive despite Brisbane…

Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti threw the May 22 parliamentary election into turmoil on Wednesday by announcing a rival list of candidates to run against his own Fatah party.

Alcoholic beverages will be banned in French parks and other public spaces outdoors as part of the new limited nationwide lockdown to stop the Covid-19 crisis, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday.

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online.

The French appeals board on Wednesday lifted the defamation quota for the woman behind France's response to the #MeToo movement, which was sued by the man she accused of sexual harassment, lawyers told AFP.

While on the one hand the Egyptian feminist movement seems to be taking great strides forward, especially at the grassroots level, with young women inventing new forms of activism to draw attention to endemic sexual violence that plagues…

The hard-hit Brazil closed by far the deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, with 66,573 people killed by Covid-19 in March, more than twice as many as previous records. An explosion of serious cases has overwhelmed many…

Nine veteran activists in Hong Kong are facing jail after they were convicted on Thursday of illegal parish fees for their role in organizing one of the largest democracy protests to swallow the city in 2019.

The UN envoy to Myanmar asked the Security Council to take action on Wednesday in the Asian nation's escalating crisis, warning of the risk of civil war and an impending "bloodbath" as the junta violently suppresses pro-democracy protests.…

Cooling police footage was shown to the jury on Wednesday at the trial of the white police accused of killing George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man whose death involved anti-racism protests around the world. The video taken by the body…

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden outlined a $ 2.3 trillion plan to overhaul the country's infrastructure over the next eight years in what he described as a "once-a-generation investment in America" ​​that would undo his predecessor's…

The head of the European Medicines Agency said on Wednesday that there was "no evidence" to support the restriction of…

Italy expelled two Russian officials on Wednesday after an Italian naval captain was recaptured by police selling…

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation on Wednesday at 8 pm Paris time (GMT + 2). He is expected to announce new measures to try to combat a resurgence in Covid-19 that threatens to overwhelm hospitals. See FRANCE 24's…