Swiss reject law to help country meet Paris carbon emissions goal

China slams G7 'manipulation' after Xinjiang, Hong Kong criticism

Israel’s Netanyahu ousted as 'change' coalition forms new gov't

US strongly condemns 'barbaric attack' on hospital in Afrin

Saudi allows 60,000 vaccinated residents on hajj, bars foreigners again

Israel to swear in government, ending Netanyahu’s long rule

G7 agrees to increase climate finance, calls on others to join

The Group of Seven nations agreed on June 13 to increase their climate finance contributions and meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries, calling on other developed countries to join the effort.

Interfaith march honors Muslim family killed in Canada truck attack

Several thousand people joined an interfaith marched on June 11 evening honoring the four members of a Muslim family who were killed in an attack that has shocked Canada.

US tells J&J millions of vaccine doses from troubled plant can’t be used

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on June 11 it had told Johnson & Johnson that millions of doses of Covid vaccine produced at a troubled plant can’t be used because of possible contamination issues.

Teen who recorded Floyd’s arrest, death wins Pulitzer nod

The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and began recording when she saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer was given a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes on June 11 for her video that helped to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice.

Turkey administers more than 597,600 coronavirus jabs in single day

Turkey administered more than 597,600 coronavirus vaccine doses on June 11, the nation’s Health Minister said early on June 12. 

India posts record new COVID deaths after data revision

India on June 10 recorded a global record of more than 6,000 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours after one state dramatically revised upwards its data, stoking suspicions that the country's toll is much higher than reported.

Johnson hails Britain’s 'indestructible' relationship with US

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed the U.K.-U.S. relationship as "indestructible" after his first meeting with President Joe Biden ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit which opens on June 11.

Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away

A report issued on June 10 warned that over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray province are facing famine and over 2 million are just a step away, blaming the dire situation on the ongoing conflict that has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee, limited humanitarian access and the loss of harvests and income.

US buys half billion Pfizer COVID vaccine doses for poorest countries

President Joe Biden will on June 10 announce a "historic" U.S. donation of half a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses for 92 poorer countries, the White House said.

Russian court brands Navalny political organisations 'extremist'

A court in Moscow on June 9 branded the political organizations of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as "extremist" and barred them from working in Russia, a further blow to the embattled opposition ahead of parliamentary elections.

Biden and Johnson hold first meeting, but N Ireland casts shadow

Joe Biden and Boris Johnson will hold their first face-to-face meeting on June 10, during which they will lay the foundations for a new pact, despite Brexit and its consequences in Northern Ireland casting a shadow on the old "special relationship".

France to savour new lifting of COVID restrictions

People in France will on June 9 be able to enjoy indoor dining and staying out until 11:00 pm for the first time in months under a new relaxation of COVID rules, as cases fall and vaccinations rise.