Caroline Foster

Russian nuclear forces conduct exercises in Ivanovo province, northeast of Moscow. This is reported by the Interfax news agency, based on the Russian Ministry of Defense. About a thousand soldiers on Tuesday carried out "intense…

Violence and mistreatment of UK shop workers nearly tripled during the coronavirus pandemic. About 1,300 such incidents took place in the United Kingdom every day between March 2020 and March 2021, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) retail…

The spot in Nepal where a small plane carrying 22 people crashed on Sunday has been "physically located", a spokesman for the Nepalese army announced on Twitter on Monday. He also tweeted a photo of the crash site, which shows…

The Chinese capital Beijing is trying to persuade the elderly to get vaccinated against Covid-19 with special health insurance paid for by the state. By closing it, they are insured against "medical incidents" linked to…

Since October, 140 people have died of cholera in Cameroon. More than 7,000 people were infected in the outbreak of the disease, Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute reported Wednesday. Without treatment, cholera can be fatal…

An 18-year-old man has shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in the US state of Texas, Texas state police said. The children range in age from seven to ten. The gunman was shot dead by police officers…

North Korea says the number of coronavirus infections is under control and "stable decreasing". On Tuesday (local time), the country registered fewer than 200,000 new 'fever cases' for the third day in a row. North Korea made the…

For the first time, more than 100 million people worldwide have been displaced. According to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, that negative milestone has been reached through deadly conflicts such as the war in Ukraine. …

There is also a possible case of monkeypox in Australia, local authorities said Friday. A 40-year-old who was recently in Europe may have contracted the virus. The state of New South Wales health services report that initial tests…

After previous cases in the UK, Spain and Portugal, the monkeypox virus has now emerged in the US. The CDC announced this on Wednesday. A dozen suspected cases are also being investigated in neighbouring Canada. In the US, the…