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The countries ahead on vaccinations, relatively speaking, are those outside the EU, like Serbia and the UK. Hungary is the exception, but Budapest has bought doses from Russia and China to boost its stocks.

The first global analysis of its kind from the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization found working more than 55 hours per week increased the risk of stroke and heart disease.

Does the EU have the political will to defend its values in its European neighbours? Pavel Latushko is a member of the Presidium of the Coordinating Council and a key figure in the Belarusian opposition.

With the planned withdrawal of the last NATO troops from Afghanistan just months away, the country faces an uncertain future amid an already deeply unstable security situation.

Tomislav Tomasevic has said that Croats are sick of corruption and want change.

Areas within the Polar Arctic Circle recently reached temperatures nearing 30º C. Dry and warm conditions are sparking the first significant wildfires in Siberia.

The drugmaker reported good results from a phase 2 clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, which has been hit by several months of delays.

On Monday, people in England will be able to eat a restaurant meal indoors, drink inside a pub, go to a museum, hug friends and visit one another’s homes for the first time in months.

Authorities say the incident at Givat Zeev, in which scores of ultra-Orthodox Jews had gathered to pray to mark the beginning of Shavuot, took place in a "dangerous" building with no permits for use.

The head of Germany's Standing Committee on Vaccination says the country must prepare for the possibility that all citizens will need a third 'booster' dose of vaccine in 12 months' time.