Texas's mask mandate will be lifted and businesses allowed to reopen fully, Governor Abbott says.

The Biden administration targets Russian officials and entities, in a move co-ordinated with the EU.

The games' organising committee aims to have women make up 40% of its board members.

The first detailed studies of the P.1 variant suggest it may be up to twice as transmissible.

The latest eruption from Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra sends ash up to 5km (3.1 miles) into the air.

A top health expert says highly contagious variants of the virus pose a "real threat" to the US.

Older French patients can now get the jab, which had been initially limited to those aged under 65.

The ex-president, found guilty of trying to bribe a judge, will remain free while he appeals.

UN investigators say many of those arbitrarily detained during the civil war are presumed dead.

A long-awaited report says the US president should ignore calls for a ban on autonomous weapons.