US President Joe Biden at the end of the year granted full pardons to six individuals, convicted for various crimes, including drug-related offenses and second-degree murder, the White House said on Friday.

The discovery of the so-called Delta Plus coronavirus variant, a new strain of the Delta variant first identified in India, demonstrates how quickly the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can mutate and raises fears that vaccine-resistant strains of the disease could emerge in the near future, experts told Sputnik

Boris Johnson is poised to set out his plans for exiting England's COVID-19 lockdown this coming Monday, and experts told Sputnik that the UK prime minister faces a delicate balancing act as economic pressures come up against public health concerns

The UK government will promote clean energy innovation in the construction sector by giving 36 million pounds ($47.27 million) to a consortium led by the country's Swansea University that is expected to develop new building materials, able to generate electricity from light and heat, the country's Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday.