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SYDNEY: Thousands of Australian students today protested to demand investment in renewable-energy projects, though Covid-19 restrictions confined the events to...

SEOUL:  North Korea expressed regret today over the death of a missing South Korean, saying it shot him as part...

CHICAGO: The scientific head of the US government programme designed to speed development of Covid-19 vaccines said yesterday he supports...

BANGKOK: Wearing white ribbons, publicly hacking off their hair and making Hunger Games salutes — Thailand's high school students are...

WASHINGTON: Three US states reported record one-day increases in new Covid-19 cases yesterday, according to state data. Montana reported 330...

NEW YORK: Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump and author of a recent memoir that painted an unflattering portrait...

Tourism has been one of the sectors worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With closed borders and restrictions, many tourist...

Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists. Their analysis...

LONDON: Facebook said on Thursday (Sep 24) it has dismantled three networks of fake accounts which could be used by...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington,...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday launched a fresh mocking attack on John McCain, the Republican senator who died in...

China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping has announced....

HONG KONG: Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was arrested today for taking part in a protest at the height...

STOCKHOLM: Winners of the prestigious Nobel prizes this year will receive an extra one million crowns (US$110,000 or RM465,249), the...

BANGKOK: Thailand began legal action today against Facebook and Twitter for ignoring requests to take down content, in its first...

BEIJING: China has barred entry to two “anti-China” Australian scholars, the Global Times newspaper said today, citing unnamed sources, amid...

ABUJA: At least 28 people were killed yesterday when a gas tanker exploded in the central Nigerian state of Kogi...

TOKYO: Japan and South Korea must cooperate to counter any threat from North Korea, Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga,...

NEW YORK: A New York judge yesterday ordered President Donald Trump's son Eric to make himself available by October 7...

CHARLOTTE: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden yesterday said Black turnout was the linchpin to his hopes of winning the White...