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As the world enters 2021, after a “year of trials, tragedies and tears”, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has delivered a message of hope for the new year. As the world enters 2021, after a “year of trials, tragedies and tears”, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has delivered a message of hope for the new year. Read MoreUN News - Health

An adorable photo will forever mark the moment a seal pup appeared to give a big wave to the camera as it lounged on an English beach. The picture was taken recently on the golden sands of Horsey Beach in Norfolk. Photographer Wayne Havenhand says the seal’s gesture felt like “a personal moment” between himself

A group of volunteers who handed out thousands of meals to stranded truckers in Kent are now helping flood victims hit by Storm Bella. Members of Khalsa Aid International dished out 1,000 pizzas and 1,500 bowls of curry and pasta to truck drivers in the days running up to Christmas. But within hours of leaving

In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world.In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year,

When the going gets tough, the tough keep going, or at least that’s what you do when you’re a 93-year-old retired Air Force Colonel—and John Hobson likes to keep busy. “If he just got put somewhere and told him to sit down, he’d go crazy,” his son Mark Hobson, told WKEF-TV. In 2020, Hobson occupied

Researchers in the Florida Keys have determined that coral reefs can be saved from invasive seaweed with the help of a particular species of crab lovingly called the “reef goat”. The new study from Florida International University determined that not only can the Caribbean king crab munch the corals free of seaweed faster than all

A group of transgender women in Mexico City has been telling the UN how despite living with discrimination and the threat of physical violence, they have managed to help others in a poor neighbourhood of the Mexican capital during the COVID-19 crisis.A group of transgender women in Mexico City has been telling the UN how

Children all over the world have had their education severely disrupted this year, as schools struggle to cope with repeated closures and re-openings, and the transition, if it’s even an option, to online schooling. Disadvantaged children, however, have been worst-hit by the emergency measures. In part three of our look back at the effect that