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China has approved its first domestically developed mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, its manufacturer said on Wednesday, months after the relaxation of strict zero-COVID regulations sparked a surge in cases. The vaccine, developed by CSPC…

Falling trees have killed two people in California as storms, damaging winds, rain and snowfall continue to batter the western US state. High-wind warnings and advisories were in effect from the Mexico border through Los Angeles and up…

Russia has said that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems has been deployed to Paramushir, one of the Kuril Islands in the north Pacific, some of which Japan claims as its territory. The move is part of a wider…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said anti-LGBT draft legislation passed by Uganda's parliament on Tuesday undermines fundamental human rights and urged the government to reconsider implementing it. The hastily passed bill says…

The Somalia water crisis is "far from over" and tens of thousands more people are projected to die from drought there, Victor Chinyama from Unicef told the BBC’s Newsday radio programme. A new report from Somalia's government and the UN…

Love kept at a distance: German national Linda Wendt is fighting to establish a life in Germany with her husband. But he cannot move here without first passing a language test. A major problem — but not an isolated case. Linda Wendt and…

The Gambia authorities have said that a ferry that was stranded in the northern coastal region of Barra for 12 hours has been disentangled from a fishing net. The vessel Kunta Kinteh got stuck on Sunday with passengers and vehicles,…

People who identify as gay in Uganda risk life in prison after parliament passed a new bill to crack down on homosexual activities. It also includes the death penalty in certain cases. A rights activist told the BBC the debate around…

Ethiopia’s parliament has voted to remove the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from the country's terror blacklist, four months after the group signed a peace deal to end a brutal war against the government. The truce signed in…

A French journalist who had been kidnapped by militants in Mali and since freed has told the France 2 news channel that he made three attempts to escape. "I made three escapes, I came back every time for different reasons," Olivier…