Top ten world news: WHO endorses Pfizer vaccine, Kremlin doesn't budge on Navalny, and more
Top ten - Jan 22
The Kremlin on Friday welcomed the stated intention of US President Joe Biden to extend the New START arms control treaty with Russia, but said that Moscow wanted to see concrete proposals from Washington | READ MORE
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that there is no evidence to substantiate that Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine has contributed to the deaths of the elderly and called for the use of the jab | READ MORE
Here are the perks that Trump stands to get once he re-enters life as a "regular" US citizen | READ MORE
An enormous trench being dug by Wagner, the Russian-backed mercenaries in war-torn Libya is threatening to derail UN-brokered peace deal | READ MORE
The Kremlin has dismissed Western demands to release Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying his calls for mass protests over his arrest were "troubling" | READ MORE
In another significant discovery, a funerary temple that dates back 4,200 years has been found along with 54 coffins in Egypt | READ MORE
The Biden administration believes that the WHO is vital to controlling the spread of COVID-19 and building back better global health and pandemic preparedness, Vice President Kamala Harris has told WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | READ MORE
China on Friday slammed an EU resolution condemning its crackdown on Hong Kong democracy activists, accusing the lawmakers of "gross interference" in its governance of the city | READ MORE
The local authority that runs London's historic financial district is planning to remove statues of two British colonial-era politicians over their links to slave trade | READ MORE
US President Joe Biden has hired a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defence officials and investigators | READ MORE