Society / Social Issues

By Ijeoma Ezekwere ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Southeastern Nigerian city centres were deserted on Monday as many people stayed at...

PARIS (Reuters) - The suspected killer of a catholic priest in the Vendee region of western France has handed himself...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported on Monday more COVID-19 infections in its latest outbreak of the disease, while some cities...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Six Berlin nightclubs opened their doors this weekend to some 2,000 revellers free of masks and social...

By Alicja Ptak WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will do away with a disciplinary system for judges which the EU's top court...

By Alasdair Pal and Anushree Fadnavis NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Protesters gathered in India's capital on Thursday outside a crematorium...

PARIS (Reuters) -People in France have been rushing for COVID-19 vaccines since the government introduced a mandatory health pass to...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's poverty rate grew to nearly 44% at the end of last year, government data released...

By Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jailed Russian opposition activist Andrei Pivovarov has registered as a candidate for next month's...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday ordered a review of the risks to Belarusians in Ukraine following...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden plans to give police greater powers to access data from mobile phones as it bids to...

By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The chief minister of India's capital ordered a judge-led enquiry on Wednesday after...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's state airport operator expects a "surge" in passenger traffic over the coming weeks and months, its...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The gender disparity in India's COVID-19 immunisation drive has narrowed, government data showed on Wednesday, as...

DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates will on Thursday lift a ban on transit flights including from India and Pakistan,...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Five Roman Catholic bishops from Ireland's 22 dioceses are set to defy COVID-19 restrictions after instructing local...

By Nqobile Dludla and Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's education ministry said on Monday that Huai Jinpeng has been appointed as its new party chief....

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain reported 24,470 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a drop from 26,144 on Saturday, and 65...

By Karolina Tagaris ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece's south Aegean islands were marked dark red on the European Centre for Disease Prevention...