Biden calls lifting mask mandates by two red states “Neanderthal thinking”

Rwanda earmarks 51 million dollars for buying COVID-19 vaccines

Zimbabwean President thanks his former deputy for service in government

Xinhua Commentary: Battling poverty, pandemic: China’s governance system workable, effective

Taj Mahal temporarily shut following bomb scare

Number of Africans in extreme poverty could rise to 514 million in 2021: UNECA

Why the world keeps close eye on China’s “two sessions”

Leverkusen’s Fosu-Mensah out for the season after knee injury

Police raid Camp Nou, Bartomeu taken in for questioning

UN appeals for 3.85 billion dollars as Yemen faces famine

Lawyer: Sarkozy will appeal against bribery conviction and sentence

United Arab Emirates has envoy in Israel for first time

Famous Turkish actors on trial for insulting Erdogan are acquitted

Britain’s Prince Philip transferred to new hospital

Eight arrested in Germany after raids targeting neo-Nazi network

Former French president Sarkozy sentenced to three years for bribery

New US coronavirus cases at lowest level in nearly 5 months

Global coronavirus cases on the rise after six weeks of decline

Finland declares state of emergency to tackle rise in virus cases

Virus closes Budapest basilica, with one priest dead, others infected