Nations ban travellers from southern Africa, a day after health officials named the new Covid-19 strain.

Josephine Baker next week will become the first Black woman and first American to be honored with enshrinement in Paris' Pantheon.

The first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been identified in the United Kingdom, the country's health officials announced Saturday. Two Omicron coronavirus cases have been found in the U.K., according to the country's Health Security Agency....

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood on the House floor and implored her colleagues to hold Paul Gosar accountable for sharing an altered anime video showing him killing her and attacking Joe Biden. “Our work here matters. Our example matters. There is meaning...

Sage adviser Professor Calum Semple today urged calm over the so-called 'Omicron' mutation, saying it is 'not a disaster' and suggesting some people may be 'hugely overstating the situation'.