Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years.
India has ordered 300 million doses of an unapproved coronavirus vaccine amid a devastating second wave.
Global food prices have jumped at their fastest monthly rate in over a decade, according to the United Nations.
Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested in Minsk after being taken off a diverted flight last month, has appeared in a tearful interview on state television.
The Queen will meet US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden next week, Buckingham Palace has said.
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at a newly agreed coalition which looks set to remove him from power after 12 years as prime minister.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved China's Sinovac Covid vaccine for emergency use.
Peru has more than doubled its Covid death toll following a review, making it the country with the world's highest death rate per capita, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a proposed new unity government would be "a danger for the security" of the country.
Russia's unmanned Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control, officials say.
Donald Trump has confirmed that he will not take part in Republican presidential debates with his rivals in the race for the White House.