19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth was found dead in a UK apartment on Tuesday after being allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend she had met online.
On Thursday, India announced that they will be enacting a diplomatic ban of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in the wake of China selecting a soldier who fought against India in 2020 as a torch-bearer.
Following news that Kanye West has plans to travel to Australia for a concert tour this spring, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday that the artist would have to be fully vaccinated to enter the country.
"I said, 'Protecting women and letting them know that when they come to us they have a woman-only space, and we won't let anyone in who won't maintain that,'" Nicola Murray of Brodie's Trust said.
A New Zealand journalist stranded in Afghanistan due to PM Jacinda Ardern's Covid restrictions was forced to turn to one of the world's most repressive regimes for help.
A course at the University of Chester has issued a content warning for its reading list, arguing the texts, which include Harry Potter, could lead to "difficult conversations."
On Wednesday, the government of Denmark announced that most pandemic restrictions will no longer be active as of the coming week.
Researchers at the University of Oxford are seeking volunteers for a study in which participants will be infected with the original strain of COVID-19.
"With the knowledge we have today, with a low risk for serious disease for kids, we don't see any clear benefit with vaccinating them," Health Agency official Britta Bjorkholm said.
Following weeks of receiving letters containing death threats, a member of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's National Rally was shot while in a suburb of the city of Lyon.
Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to fully decriminalize marijuana.
Despite the decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the board, the country opted to go ahead with its implementation of a vaccination mandate.
"China has worked hard to not only contain the virus, but also contributed to closing the equity gap by supporting other countries with many different supplies, including great vaccines."
Security at the Australian Open is making spectators take off t-shirts saying "Where is Peng Shuai?" talking about the Chinese tennis star believed to have been previously detained and mistreated by her government.
Representatives from Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany will reportedly hold "Normandy format" talks on eastern Ukraine in Paris this week.