This year's winner of the US National Book Award for fiction explores what it means to be Asian in America.

Members of the US Electoral College meet on Monday - but who are they?

Labour shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic are hitting coffee growers in Colombia hard.

Even more Polish women are seeking abortions abroad, after the procedure has been all but banned.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most active on record - was it due to global warming?

Teams from the US and British forces compete for the first time to raise money for veteran charities.

Governments and charities have invested billions in vaccines developed by private firms.

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved earlier this week and doses are being distributed this weekend.

Gunmen on motorbikes raid a boarding school, home to some 800 boys, in north-western Katsina state.

UK minister Alok Sharma says world leaders are failing to show the necessary level of ambition.