Biden has previously said he wants Putin to stop trying to influence US elections

Francis strongly supports the goals of the 2015 UN Paris accord to reduce global warming

The Council approved just seven candidates out of 40 who met its basic criteria

Johnson in 2018 newspaper column referred to women wearing burqas as ‘going around looking like letterboxes’

Taiwan is dealing with a spike in domestic infections, exacerbated by a low vaccination rate

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismisses the idea of Russian involvement out of hand

“Often people say ‘we’ll go only when the rain increases’. We’re convincing them.”

PM Muhyiddin Yassin's government has been seen as struggling to rein in the infections, triggering public fury

Russia has already placed a punitive slowdown on US social network Twitter for not deleting banned content

Government leaders said shortages of vaccines were still a big concern