- Covid-19: Britain hits new daily record of more than 50,000 cases
- 12 women who blazed trails or took a stand in 2020
- US House votes to override Trump veto of key defence policy bill
- Algeria’s President Tebboune returns home after Covid-19 treatment in Germany
- Russia launches new 'fraud' probe against Kremlin adversary Navalny
- EU's Barnier says he plans to 'serve France' after negotiating Brexit
- EU demands China release citizen-journalist Zhang Zhan who reported on Covid-19
- No new lockdown in France, says health minister, but earlier curfew proposed for some regions
- US detects first case of fast-moving UK Covid-19 variant in Colorado
- From doomscrolling to zooming, the words we picked up in 2020
- Theatre troupe bring smiles and comic relief to war-weary Yemenis
- Paris Saint-Germain football club confirm sacking of German coach Thomas Tuchel
- Spain to keep registry of those who refuse to get Covid-19 vaccine
- France had its hottest year on record in 2020, state weather forecaster says
- South Africa's new Covid-19 restrictions come into effect
- French fashion designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98
- Rights groups decry Palestinian DJ’s arrest over event at Mosque site
- US House passes bill for $2,000 Covid-19 aid checks sought by Democrats and backed by Trump
- Fifty journalists killed in 2020 and most 'deliberately targeted' for their work, RSF watchdog says
- US police officer fired after killing unarmed Black man in Columbus, Ohio