Coronavirus cases in Spain pass one million mark – latest updates

The Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 41 million, claiming at least 1.12 million lives around the world. Here are updates for October 21:

Where does Istanbul's name come from?

It's the city of Constantine, the city of happiness, the city of Islam. Its history goes back millenia.

NASA spacecraft lands on asteroid Bennu, grabs sample

The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will send back images of the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid and, if a successful collection is confirmed, the spacecraft will journey back toward Earth, arriving in 2023.

Mixed results for arthritis drug repurposed as Covid-19 treatment

Tocilizumab has been used by doctors since the start of the pandemic with the hope of tamping down an abnormal immune response known as a "cytokine storm" that causes severe organ damage in some hospitalised Covid-19 patients.

UK imposes tougher lockdown restrictions on Manchester – latest updates

The novel coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 40.6 million people around the world and killed at least 1.12 million. Here are updates for October 20:

British researchers to infect volunteers with Covid-19 to study exposure

The recruited volunteers will be infected with the virus via their noses in an aim to analyse every stages of the virus infection and reduce the spread of it.

Mics to be muted in US presidential debate to stop interruptions

Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will be allotted two minutes to answer the moderator's questions, during which time the other man's mic will be shut off.

Doctors investigating whether Covid-19 causes diabetes

It’s already been well-documented that people with diabetes face much higher risks of severe illness or death if they contract Covid-19.

Ireland to enter highest level of Covid-19 restrictions – latest updates

Covid-19 pandemic has infected more than 40 million people, claiming at least 1.1 million lives around the world. Here are updates for October 19:

Atlas Harran: a mighty little project that grew out of modest roots

The theme of the fifth Istanbul Design Biennial is “Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one”. TRT World speaks to the collaborators, Dilek Ozturk and Bilgen Coskun, curators of the atlas Harran project.

UN stockpiling billion syringes for Covid-19 vaccine

The syringes come on top of another 620 million that UNICEF will purchase for other vaccination programmes against diseases such as measles and typhoid.

Ireland investigates how Facebook handles children's data on Instagram

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has received complaints that Instagram is making children's personal data public.