Peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv have resumed as Russia allowed gas to keep flowing to Europe despite a deadline for buyers to pay in roubles or be cut off.
The World Health Organisation has released a plan that includes three possible scenarios for how the coronavirus might evolve in the coming year.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces are preparing for new Russian attacks in the east as Moscow's attention shifts from the capital Kyiv.
Journalist groups have urged the release of Chinese-Australian business reporter Cheng Lei on the eve of her trial in Beijing on espionage charges
Ukraine's leaders have reacted with scepticism to Russia's offer to scale back military operations around Kyiv.
Actor Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock for slapping the comedian onstage at the Oscars, describing his behaviour as unacceptable and "out of line".
A frustrated Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the West to quickly toughen sanctions against Russia, saying Ukrainians are paying for inaction with their lives.
A speech suggesting Vladimir Putin should be removed from power was expressing moral outrage, not a policy shift, an unrepentant US President Joe Biden insists.
Ukraine and the United States hold little hope of a breakthrough in the next round of talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators.
CODA won best film, while Jessica Chastain and Will Smith took the best actor awards as the Oscars bounced back from 2021's pandemic-affected ceremony.
The Academy Award for best actress has gone to Jessica Chastain for her portrayal of televangelist's wife Tammy Faye Bakker in the movie The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
The AppleTV+ family drama CODA has taken the Oscar for best movie, handing Hollywood's top award to a streaming service for the first time.
The Academy Award for best actor has gone to Will Smith for his portrayal of the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams in the movie King Richard.
New Zealand director Jane Campion has won the best director Oscar for her movie The Power of the Dog, at the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
New Zealand has urged the Solomon Islands to find their security arrangements from within the Pacific family of nations, rather than China.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says that in talks due to take place in Istanbul his government will prioritise the "territorial integrity" of Ukraine.
Frontrunners CODA and The Power of the Dog could deliver the first Oscar for best picture to a streaming service when Hollywood gathers for the Academy Awards.
Ukraine's military intelligence chief has vowed "total" guerrilla warfare against Russian forces, saying Moscow wants to split the country in two.
French authorities say the number of patients hospitalised for COVID-19 is down over 24 hours but up on a weekly basis while UK infections are thought to be up.
Russian forces have seized control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, while street fighting is reported in besieged Mariupol.
Reports of the recovery of the second black box from a China Eastern jet that plunged into a mountainside have been denied by China's national news agency.
Western leaders have increased military and humanitarian aid in support of besieged Ukraine.
A suspected intercontinental ballistic missile has been fired by North Korea off its east coast.
Recovery crews are searching for a second black box from a crashed China Eastern Airlines plane that plunged into a mountainside with 132 people aboard.
The World Health Organisation says the number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7 per cent in the last week.
Four week after Russia's invasion began, Ukraine's president has called for a show of solidarity as NATO, the G7, and the EU meet to discuss further sanctions.
Chinese officials say one of two black boxes from the China Eastern plane crash was found severely damaged.
Authorities in China say Shanghai has reported a fifth daily record high for locally transmitted COVID-19 asymptomatic cases while US infections dip.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds out hope for negotiations with Russia, which have yielded little since the February 24 invasion began.
Hopes have faded of finding anyone alive after the crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 jet that had 132 people aboard.
Coronavirus restrictions have been eased in Indonesia and Bulgaria as infection numbers fall.
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