Turkey elections: Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu offer stark choices for presidency

Turks are at a historic turning point - choosing between two front-runners for the presidency offering dramatically different paths for their country's future. 

Biden appoints Indian-American Neera Tanden as his domestic policy advisor

         

She becomes the first Asian-American to lead 3 major White House policy councils.

Indian-American public policy expert Neera Tanden has been named by US President Joe Biden as his Domestic Policy Advisor to help him craft and implement his domestic policy agenda, making her the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history.  

Tanden, 52, replaces Susan Rice as Biden's Domestic Policy Advisor

'I've been doing press-ups!' Penny Mordaunt tells of her preparations for sword carrying role at the King's Coronation as MPs praise her for 'stealing the show'

The Leader of the House of Commons carried the sword for more than an hour as Lord President of the Privy Council, a role she has undertaken since September last year.

US drug regulator approves world's first RSV vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) - an illness that kills thousands of Americans each year.

The vaccine still needs approval from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before it can be rolled out to the public.

US to end international travellers' vaccine requirement

The White House has announced an end to Covid-19 vaccine requirements for travellers to the United States and for government employees across the world's biggest economy. 

Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general

(AP) — Widespread lonelinessin the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. 

Australia to ban recreational vaping in major public health move

Recreational vaping will be banned in Australia, as part of a major crackdown amid what experts say is an "epidemic".
Minimum quality standards will also be introduced, and the sale of vapes restricted to pharmacies. 

Pope Francis urges Hungarians to 'open doors' to migrants

Pope Francis has urged Hungarians to "open doors" to migrants, ending his visit to the country led by a nationalist anti-immigration cabinet.