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The World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Friday for rich nations to delay COVID-19 vaccinations of children and donate doses to lower-income countries, warning that the second year of the pandemic could be deadlier. "I n a handful of rich countries, which bought up the majority of the vaccine supply, lower risk groups are now being vaccinated," WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from Geneva.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel will face Leicester twice in the next three days, once on Saturday at Wembley and once on Tuesday in the league. During the FA cup final pre-match press conference on Friday in London, Tuchel described the games as 'two finals.

A Chinese botanist has devoted her career to saving and cultivating over 1,100 rare and endangered plants and protecting biodiversity in central Hubei Province's Three Gorges Dam area, even risking life and limb.

Swiss health workers busy fighting the pandemic in Geneva University Hospitals are being encouraged to unwind with a computer game that offers not only distraction but also knowledge to battle Covid-19 in real life.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said she is "offended" by some House Republicans who are whitewashing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. CNN's Manu Raju reports.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the nation is “over the hump” on gas shortages following a ransomware cyberattack that forced a shutdown of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline. (May 14)

Melinda Gates, who has filed for divorce from husband Bill Gates, and MacKenzie Scott, who divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019, could be set to become even bigger forces in their multi-billion dollar philanthropies. CNN's Dan Simon reports.

Gas stations with no gas reached 88% in Washington DC, but analysts say panic buying is subsiding, and the pipeline operator says the flow has resumed.

An overpass carrying a subway train has collapsed in Mexico City, killing 15 people and injuring at least 70, according to local government officials.

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eases mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to stop wearing masks in most outdoor and indoor settings, some California residents are still wearing masks, some are not.

Growing numbers of migrant families are choosing the heart-wrenching decision to send their unaccompanied children into America. President Joe Biden is allowing children traveling alone to stay in the U.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a 268 billion dollar state budget that is one-third larger than the state's current spending plan, fueled by surging state tax revenues and federal stimulus money. (May 14)