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TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Transport Ministry today fined EVA Airways Corp Tw$1 million (RM140,000) after the government blamed one of its pilots...

SYDNEY: Facebook has banned Australian celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for repeatedly spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. With...

LOS ANGELES: Boston Forward Jayson Tatum banked in a game-winning three pointer over Giannis Antetokounmpo with 1.5 seconds left to...

SEOUL: South Korea reported its second-highest daily tally of coronavirus cases as a survey underscored growing public dissatisfaction with President...

SYDNEY: Australia's most populous state today relaxed coronavirus restrictions for Christmas following a second straight day of low case numbers,...

JERUSALEM: Israel will hold a snap election in March after parliament failed yesterday to meet a deadline to pass a...

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks about the recent massive cyber attack against the US and also other Biden administration goals...

PARIS: People who fail to get a Covid-19 vaccination could be banned from using public transport in France, according to...

BANGKOK: A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand surpassed 1,000 cases today, as authorities weighed whether to...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India next month in his first major bilateral visit to another...

WASHINGTON: Covid and a traumatic presidential election left the US reeling in 2020, but even with Donald Trump gone and...

WASHINGTON: The United States set a grim double record yesterday notching more than 3,700 deaths and more than 250,000 new...

SEOUL: South Korea reported a record number of coronavirus deaths today as the country’s largest wave of infections strains hospitals...

SINGAPORE: The World Health Organization said today that China had welcomed an international team of investigators into Covid-19 expected to...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand roared back from a coronavirus-induced recession with record economic growth of 14 per cent in the July...

FRANKFURT: German streets were quiet “like Sunday” on the first day of a new partial lockdown to try to halt...

LONDON: Nearly 140,000 people in the United Kingdom have received their first Covid-19 shots in the first week of roll-out...

PARIS: Tunisia has no plans to match Morocco’s decision to recognise Israel, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said, insisting that establishing...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s president yesterday approved a new anti-rape law which will speed up convictions and launch the country’s first national...

ROME: Nearly one in four people may not get Covid-19 vaccines until at least 2022 because rich countries with less...