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Houghton Mifflin said the deal allows it to focus on its K-12 education business as schools begin to reopen in the US.

People can meet in the open air and outdoor sports facilities have reopened, in part thanks to a swift vaccine rollout.

Raising limits on what grandparents can pass on to their grandchildren tax-free could prove controversial, however.

As one of Tehran’s oldest hospitals reaches capacity during the pandemic, the urgent construction of a new ward begins.

If the EU is to really tackle racism, it needs to address structural racism in all its forms, across all member states.

Richard Branson’s space tourism firm is developing a new passenger spacecraft - and plans to set up more spaceports.

Servier hit with $3.1m fine over the sale of Mediator, a weight-loss drug linked to hundreds of deaths.

Kidnappers in Nigeria are increasingly targeting schools and abducting hundreds of students for ransom.

The Wet'suwet'en matriarch is defending her traditional territories in Canada from the construction of the CGL pipeline.

International aid agency sources say between 6,000 and 10,000 people are waiting to be evacuated to safety.

'Unambiguous' events around Floyd's death make for a challenging defence, but trial's outcome is still up in the air.

Witnesses and local media report that at least three people were killed by security forces in Yangon.

Nabih Berri calls for urgent action to form a government, as Parliament approves crisis funding to avert power blackout.

Arms producers are focused on the front lines, and an unusual figure is trying to revive the industry.

Deborah Birx, coordinator of Trump's COVID task force, says the previous government's pandemic response was lacking.

Rights group says 'problematic provisions' of the draft law, which heads to the Senate on Tuesday, should be scrapped.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for attack in which two soldiers are believed to have been killed.

Recent order asking government employees to share social media details latest in a series of measures being slammed.

The new plant, a joint venture with Sinopharm, will have a production capacity of 200 million doses a year.

Qatar's emir and Saudi crown prince discuss clean energy and regional green initiatives in a telephone conversation.

Two drivers and their two aides among the arrested in connection with train collision that killed 18 people last week.

Republicans who failed to overturn the election are now trying to prevent future defeats through voter suppression.

Draft copy of long-awaited WHO study into COVID origins says lab leak extremely unlikely, The Associated Press reports.

Hong Kong reportedly wants to join the craze for so-called Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs).

For second consecutive year, people encouraged to stay home to avoid turning the festivities into superspreader events.

Indian cricket captain says event scheduling has to be looked into due to long period spent in bubbles.

Concerns about US regulatory crackdown on foreign firms leads to worst Hong Kong share debut in six months.

President Pinera says election scheduled for April will now be held in May to combat the rise in coronavirus infections.

Pakistan tightens social distancing and travel restrictions as it bans gatherings in areas with a high number of cases.

'My brain gradually shut down until I barely remembered my name and had no control over parts of my body.'

The giant container ship has been stuck for a week, blocking one of the world’s busiest waterways.

US-based Archegos Capital was forced to sell $20bn worth of stocks on Friday leading to losses at several large banks.

Move comes amid a groundswell of anger at pervasive culture of harassment and sexual violence, notably in government.

Officials warn companies against 'politicising their economic behaviour' amid Western concern over forced labour.

Salvage teams have freed a container ship stuck in the crucial waterway since last week, blocking hundreds of vessels.

The giant container ship has been stuck for a week, blocking one of the world's busiest waterways.

Indian state tightened travel restrictions and imposed night curfews as it reported almost two-thirds of national total.

Two die in clashes between protesters and police, raising the death toll from protests against Indian PM's visit to 13.

Australia's third-biggest city announces strict stay-home order in bid to stamp out new cluster of cases.

Senior diplomat says criticism of tests from Sanctions Committee 'negates' North Korea's right to 'self-defence'.

Legislators visit Atlanta-area spas to pay tribute to victims of attacks that killed eight, including six Asian women.

Igor Matovic's move comes after disputes with coalition partners over a secret deal to buy Russia's coronavirus vaccine.

Some accuse Venezuelan army of using excessive force in operation against armed groups near Colombia-Venezuela border.

Campaign by nearly 5,000 of Kurdish-led forces follows spike in violence in sprawling camp in northeast Syria.

Hundreds join caravan in capital Havana to pressure US President Joe Biden to lift economic curbs on Cuba.

Residents of neighbouring Bosnia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Croatia travel to Belgrade for a COVID-19 shot.

Experts say younger patients are developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and dying, as hospitals are pushed to the brink.

Fatalities include seven people whose convoy of vehicles was ambushed as they tried to flee assault on town of Palma.

Offshore gas workers among 200 trapped by ISIL-linked fighters.

Was Alexi McCammond really 'cancelled'?