Brazil’s Supreme Court late on Sunday removed the governor of Brasilia from office for 90 days due to flaws in security in the capital, after thousands of backers of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked government buildings.

Research into new cancer treatments could be sped up by a government deal with a leading pharmaceutical company, British Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said.

The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Helga Maria Schmid, has spoken out against calls for Russia’s exclusion from the 57-country group.

The unusually warm conditions in Europe that marked the festive season broke records on New Year’s eve and New Year’s Day, the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed.

At least 46 people were injured as a result of protests in Brazil, the Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos reported, citing data from the capital’s hospital.

The U.S. House of Representatives remained in turmoil with no speaker elected on the second day of voting.

Officials on Friday said at least 22 people had died from heart attacks in one single day amid cold wave conditions in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

UN says the New Year holiday witnessed a fresh surge of deadly attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine.