NATO says it still sees no drawdown of Russian troops from near the Ukrainian border, two days after Moscow announced it would reduce its presence there, raising hopes of detente in a tense situation.
Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than COVID-19, a UN environmental report published says, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers to quell protests by demonstrators rallying against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions.
The United States says the diplomatic path remains open to end a stand-off with Moscow over Ukraine but said the risk of Russian military action was high enough to warrant pulling US embassy staff out of Kyiv.
People will no longer be required to isolate in England if they test positive for COVID-19 within weeks as Swedish authorities move away from mass testing.
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied she ever accused anyone of sexual assault and maintained that she was safe and well, in an interview with L'Equipe.
Canada's "Freedom Convoy" began as a movement against a vaccine mandate for truck drivers, but has turned into a rallying point against public health measures.
Two of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's closest aides have quit and his finance minister criticised him over a barb he made about the main opposition leader, heaping more pressure on him amid growing calls for him to resign.
Nuclear-armed North Korea has conducted what would be its largest missile test since 2017, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space and sparking condemnation from the United States and its allies.
Thousands have held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada's capital Ottawa against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of parliament.
