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BEIJING: China’s eastern province of Jiangsu found 12 new domestically-transmitted Covid-19 patients on Thursday, taking to 23 its total since...

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping is on a rare trip to China’s politically sensitive region of Tibet, state media reported Friday,...

BEIJING: China on Thursday said a WHO proposal to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into the origins...

JERUSALEM: Israel warned consumer goods giant Unilever Plc on Tuesday (Jul 20) of "severe consequences" from a decision by subsidiary...

SINGAPORE: Swim champion Joseph Schooling is feeling less pressure competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo after a "rollercoaster ride"...

SYDNEY: Australia's two largest states reported sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Jul 21), a blow to hopes...

All iPhones released next year will be 5G-capable, including Apple's first revamp of its budget handset in two years, Nikkei...

TOKYO: The so-called bubble to control COVID-19 infections at the Olympic Athlete's Village in Tokyo is already "broken" and poses...

Shares and bonds in China Evergrande, the country's most indebted developer, plunged for a second day on Tuesday, after sales...

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020 sponsor Toyota will not run Olympics-related TV commercials amid lacklustre public support for the Olympics, with two-thirds...

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies accused China on Monday (Jul 19) of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an...

Bitcoin investment products and funds registered outflows for a second consecutive week, according to data from digital asset manager CoinShares...

TAIPEI: BioNTech SE had planned to send Taiwan five million Covid-19 vaccine doses by July under an original deal which...

2008 Beijing Olympics middleweight boxing champion James DeGale has appealed for help after his gold medal and MBE were stolen...

LONDON: Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Naomi Osaka now has her own line of Barbie dolls. The 23-year-old world No....

British Formula One driver Lando Norris was mugged after attending the Euro 2020 soccer final between England and Italy at...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern on Monday (Jul 12) announced a hastily convened virtual meeting of APEC leaders this week...

SYDNEY: New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, reported on Monday (Jul 12) 112 locally acquired COVID-19 cases, its biggest...

WASHINGTON: A cartridge of Nintendo's classic video game Super Mario 64 set a world record on Monday (Jul 12), selling...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haitian police announced on Sunday (Jul 11) that they had arrested a Haitian national "who had political objectives"...