The World Bank has approved $12 billion in financing to help developing countries buy and distribute coronavirus vaccines, tests, and treatments, aiming to support the vaccination of up to 1 billion people. The $12 billion "envelop" is part of a wider World Bank Group package of up to $160...

Joe Biden heads for Florida on Tuesday to court elderly Americans who helped elect Donald Trump four years ago but appear to be swinging to the Democratic candidate for the White House this time around amid the coronavirus pandemic. Biden, at 77 the oldest Democratic nominee ever, is to...

The European Union demanded “substantive” movement on Tuesday from Britain on fisheries, dispute settlement and guarantees of fair competition in their talks on a post-Brexit trade deal, with Germany saying they were at a “critical stage”. France said the 27-nation bloc must not...

Turkish charity the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) on Tuesday sent aid supplies to rural Idlib, a northern province of Syria, where millions of people are living in desperate conditions due to internal conflict. Some 2,419 boxes containing food supplies such as dry legumes, cereals,...