Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union
A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union.
The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force.
Boris Johnson said the UK had "freedom in our hands" and the ability to do things "differently and better" now the long Brexit process was over.
BioNTech criticises EU failure to order enough Covid vaccine
Firm races to fill potential gap left by bloc’s gamble on several vaccines being approved
BioNtech has criticised the EU’s failure to order more doses of its coronavirus vaccine, saying it is now racing with its US partner Pfizer to boost production amid fears of a European “gap” left by the lack of other approved vaccines.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was the first to be approved by the bloc late last month, after being accepted by the UK, Canada and the US. They and other countries have also since approved the Moderna or Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, leaving the EU trailing behind.
‘No longer safe on the Earth’: A year after Qassem Soleimani’s assassination, Iran and US edge close to conflict
The anniversary and an outgoing US president with little to lose could prove a tipping point for tensions between Tehran and Washington
On the streets of Tehran, giant billboards have been raised to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the United States’ 3 January assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s international expeditionary forces.
“By committing this crime, you created a duty for freedom seekers all over the world,” his successor, General Ismail Qaani, said at a ceremony on Friday marking the drone killing. “There may be some people inside your own home who will punish the criminals.”
Termites on the menu: protecting South Africa’s edible insects
From grasshoppers to worms, eating insects is common among many communities around the world. Could DNA barcoding help protect them and culinary traditions for future generations?
Standing underneath a big mango tree in Mopye, a village in north eastern South Africa, Martin Boima is snacking on crunchy dried termites. He’s been eating the insects, known locally as "makeke," since he was a little boy, coaxing them out of their mounds with long strips of grass and drying or frying them.
Today he is handing out homemade termite protein bars, available in cheese or chocolate flavor, to an excited village crowd. It is part of a series of taste tests he is running through his new insect-based foods business.
All you need is not ‘love jihad’, but liberty, say India’s embattled interfaith couples
India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has launched a legal campaign against "love jihad", a conspiracy theory that Muslims are luring Hindu women into marriage, that is shrinking liberties in a country that has long celebrated endogamy. But in some quarters, opponents are choosing to resist the divisive narrative and give love a chance.
It was a vague project, mulled between three friends who agreed it was a great idea but were just too busy to get down to it.
For over a year, Niloufer Venkatraman, a writer and editor, and her friends – a married couple and fellow journalists – had been discussing some sort of project that would gather stories of Indian couples who had bridged societal divides.
UK chief medical officers defend delay of second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses
Updated 1424 GMT (2224 HKT) January 1, 2021
The UK's chief medical officers have defended a decision to delay second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in order to prioritize first doses, saying it will protect as many vulnerable people as possible while the coronavirus is running rampant.
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