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Hong Kong pro-democracy lobbyist Joshua Wong has actually been jailed behind bars on a brand-new fee, while a restrained American attorney has actually been provided bond. Mr Wong, 24, was jailed on Thursday early morning on uncertainty of going against the debatable nationwide safety and security legislation troubled Hong Kong last June, his family and

Zara Holland has actually been fined $12,000 (₤ 4,415) by a court in Barbados after breaching COVID-19 quarantine subjugate Christmas. The previous Love Island celebrity was nailed at the flight terminal on 29 December, regardless of being informed to separate at her resort adhering to a coronavirus examination 2 days previously, according to the Royal

World leaders have condemned the storming of the US Capitol building in Washington, with many expressing their shock and outrage. Such chaotic scenes might normally be associated with the toppling of a dictator, but this was an attempt by American citizens to stop a peaceful transition to power after a democratic election. One woman was

US President Donald Trump has turned on his deputy, accusing him of lacking courage after Mike Pence said he would not intervene in the election result. In a tweet, the president wrote: “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a

Visitors to Ireland will have to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours, as the country’s government brings in a raft of tough new restrictions. The requirement for a PCR test will initially apply to travellers from Great Britain and South Africa – who until Friday night are banned from entering

Britain is putting vulnerable people at risk from mutant variants of the coronavirus by delaying the second dose of the vaccine, according to South Africa’s top adviser on immunisations. South Africa is suffering a sharp spike in cases, driven by a new variant that may reduce the effectiveness of vaccines. That threat has been underlined

Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the “British mutation” of COVID-19 for a big spike in coronavirus cases in Israel. The Israeli prime minister said the pandemic was “spreading at top speed with the British mutation” as his government placed the country under stricter lockdown measures for the third time. “It [the British mutation] has reached Israel

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use by the EU’s drug regulator. The decision by the European Medicines Agency came on the same day as the Netherland’s began administering its first doses against coronavirus. EMA executive director Emer Cooke said: “This vaccine provides us with another tool to overcome the current emergency.” The decision,

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has admitted his economic development plans for the country are a failure. In his opening speech to the congress of the Workers’ Party, Mr Kim confessed his five-year finance programme had failed to achieve its goals “in almost all areas to a great extent”. According to the country’s official

The head of the World Health Organisation has said he is “very disappointed” China has denied its experts access to investigating the origins of coronavirus. A ten-strong team of international scientists and virologists had been due to set off in early January as part of a long-awaited mission to probe early cases of coronavirus, first

Critics of the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong have described its powers as sweeping – and today authorities swept wide.  More than 50 pro-democracy figures have been arrested under the law. It is the largest, most high profile, most significant crackdown since the NSL came into force in June last

Olympic athletes should be given priority access to coronavirus vaccines to save the Tokyo Games from cancellation, according to a prominent International Olympic Committee (IOC) member.  Sky News understands conversations are underway between government and the British Olympic Association (BOA) about securing athletes a COVID-19 vaccination by July, when the delayed Tokyo Olympics are due

A dog has been found alive in the rubble of a deadly landslide in Norway, boosting hopes among rescuers who are still searching for missing people. The landslide, which carried away homes in the Norwegian village of Ask, took place on 30 December. Seven people have died, and three others remain missing. The dog was

At least 100 people are now known to have been killed in attacks by suspected jihadists on two villages in Niger, the country’s prime minister has said. Brigi Rafini said 70 people were killed in the village of Tchombangou and 30 others in Zaroumdareye, both near Niger’s western border with Mali, on Saturday. During remarks

Donald Trump’s hour-long call urging Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find 11,780 votes” sounded desperate and deluded. The recording was a worrying insight into the president’s state of mind – seemingly convinced by the many conspiracy theories about why he lost the election, and unwilling to listen to the facts from members of his

Three bodies have been recovered and seven people are still missing after a landslide in Norway. Rescue teams in the village of Ask, near Oslo, have yet to find any signs of life after the disaster tore down buildings in the area on Wednesday. Two bodies were recovered from the rubble on Saturday after the