According to data obtained by Euronews from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the B.1.617 variant has been detected in seven European countries.

With the House out of session, many Republicans from this chamber are expected to skip the event, making it more likely that Biden will end up addressing a mostly friendly Democratic audience.

Shahid Jameel, a virologist and director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University, told Euronews the COVID crisis raging in the country was ultimately due to a "coming together of multiple factors" including that of vaccine hesitancy...

Critics have decried the reform as a theft of public funds and a takeover of Hungary's higher education system by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to push ahead with same-sex marriage.

It's the first attempt to restart talks since a push for a peace deal collapsed in 2017.

A suspected WWII hand grenade found in a Bavarian forest was actually a rubber sex toy, German police have said.

A ruling earlier this month overturned a law that had capped rents in a bid to make the German capital more affordable.

Albania’s prime minister Edi Rama claimed “the most beautiful victory” in parliamentary elections, which would make him the country’s first prime minister to win three terms.

A remotely-piloted boat laden with explosives targeted a Saudi port on Tuesday, according to reports from the state-run Saudi press agency.

The hearing "Algorithms and Amplification", scheduled to go before Congress on Tuesday, is the first entirely focused on social media algorithms and how they may amplify misinformation.

"The era of telling women to ‘just try again’ is over," scientists have said.

Two Spanish journalists and one Irish national were killed in Burkina Faso after an anti-poaching patrol was ambushed.

France has threatened the United Kingdom with "retaliatory measures" on financial services if the post-Brexit agreement on fisheries is not implemented.

Officials said the Love of Lesbian concert held at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona showed no signs of spreading coronavirus among the 5,000 spectators.

Prosecutors say the scheme stripped the Swiss government of more than €8 million.

Ioannis Lagos was among dozens of Golden Dawn members sentenced to prison in Greece last year, but as an elected MEP in the European Parliament he had parliamentary protection.

Ursula von der Leyen promises to defend women's rights after saying she felt "hurt" by a seating snub during a meeting with male leaders in Turkey earlier this month.

Malawi and South Sudan have said in recent days they will destroy some of their doses.

Karen forces said they have captured a Myanmar army base giving a boost for those fighting the military's takeover of the country's civilian government.

"Due to the lack of consistent and reliable data, Anvisa's Board of directors unanimously decided not to recommend the exceptional importation of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine," the watchdog said on Monday.

The US will export as many as 60 million doses in the coming months, the White House said ​Monday.

Three experts from the fields of global history, social science and economics give their insight into recovery after the pandemic, if and how it will change our lives and how coronavirus compares to previous fast-spreading diseases known to man.

Three other left-wing officials have also received threatening letters containing bullets.

Global vaccine programmes need protection to avoid mass outbreaks of diseases other than COVID-19, the World Health Organization has warned.

The removed tweets were published by journalists, opposing politicians, lawmakers as well as other prominent figures.

Defence expenditure was up by 4 per cent in Europe in the first year of the pandemic.

Experts believe India won't reach the peak of this COVID wave until the second week of May, by which time there could be more than half a million cases a day.

"The only party that can turn the climate on its head and lead to a restart of negotiations in Geneva is Turkey and President Erdogan," says expert Alexandros Zachariades.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's centre-right party won the most seats in this month's election but fell well short of a majority.

With in-home delivery systems, if the customer is not home, the recipient gives the post office worker permission to enter the property and leave the package.

The 1986 catastrophe didn't stop the growth of nuclear energy, but renewables are making the world less and less dependent on it.

It's far more complex than the UK just leading the way.

A number of gatherings have been given the go-ahead for spectators to attend as part of the UK government’s research into safely restarting large events.

Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani said her second charge was over her 2009 participation in a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy in London.

The statement came just over a week after the Czech government said it suspected that two Russian agents were behind the deadly explosion at an ammunition factory.

The dog is to be celebrated on the same day the Central Asian country lauds its Akhla-Teke horse. The two animals are seen as a source of national pride.

For the fourth straight day, India on Sunday set a global daily record of new coronavirus infections (349,691), spurred by an insidious new variant that emerged here.

Chloe Zhao won Best Director and Best Picture while her leading actress, Frances McDormand secured her third Oscars. Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya also walked away with a golden statuette.

Eleven UK football organizations will take part in the four-day boycott over what they see as a lack of action taken on online racial abuse.

Walkers along the north coast of France have been asked not to approach the native seals, as the adults may be spooked and abandon their pups.

A rubber dinghy carrying 130 people capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, with all those onboard thought to have drowned, after pleading for assistance the day before.

The Iraqi government has sacked key health officials following a hospital fire which left 82 people dead, many being treated for symptoms of coronavirus

Earlier this month the Court of Cassation ruled that the killer of 65-year-old Jewish woman Sarah Halimi would not stand trial due to his compromised state.

Eight police officers were injured during yesterday's demonstration in the British capital, which up to 10,000 people are thought to have attended.

Australia and New Zealand commemorate their war dead as Anzac Day services take place 106 years after the Gallipoli landings

Ukraine's authorities hope that Chernobyl can be a monument not just to human error, but the ability to move on.

Turkey rejects the use of the word genocide and claims that both Turks and Armenians were killed.

During the lockdown, dog's homes couldn't re-house pets fast enough. Now, they're seeing pet owners give their animals back.

India reported 346,786 new coronavirus cases in a day. The country has reported more than 16 million infections since the beginning of the pandemic.