The U.K. has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the world. But on the ground, getting the shots into people's arms isn't always an easy task. We look at why vaccine hesitancy is a concern particularly in racialized communities.
Russia said Friday it was expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany, accusing them of attending a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as international tensions grew over the jailing of the Kremlin's most prominent critic.
As murmurs of cancellation and restrictions at the Tokyo Olympics grow louder, life in the city of 14 million appears strangely normal, a contradiction that only further muddies the picture of what the Games might look like.
A metastudy to be published in the journal Science shows that humans have drastically altered oceans' underwater soundscapes, in some cases deafening or disorienting whales, dolphins and other marine mammals that rely on sound to navigate.
Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city that include teaching students as young as six about colluding with foreign forces and subversion as part of a new national security curriculum.
U.S. President Joe Biden's drive to enact a $1.9-trillion coronavirus aid bill gained momentum on Friday as the Senate narrowly approved a budget blueprint allowing Democrats to push the legislation through Congress in coming weeks with or without Republican support.
Already suffering because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica's vital tourism industry was dealt another blow when Canada announced it was cancelling all direct flights to the region. Jamaican Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett tells CBC News the decision could cost his country up to $449 million.
