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MOSCOW: The world's largest group of shipping insurers will not insure vessels involved in the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 and...

LONDON: An emergency approval of one to three COVID-19 vaccines is likely in the coming months, UBS Asset Management predicted...

JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 4,465 new coronavirus cases today, the country’s biggest daily rise, taking the total number of infections to...

WASHINGTON: Amazon.com, the world's biggest online retailer, announced the launch of a climate-friendly program on Wednesday (Sep 23) to help...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: Investors in China are betting on a bumpy ride until the end of the US presidential election and...

MELBOURNE: Australia's coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing more curbs from Sep 26 than previously flagged, the state's...

SEOUL: A vehicle that may be carrying a ballistic missile has been spotted at a parade training ground in North...

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil today what he says is a far-reaching plan to help the economy...

SEOUL: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in called yesterday for a regional infectious disease control and public health initiative involving China,...

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led US House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding Bill yesterday to keep the federal government operating through...

BEIJING: China is forcing Tibetan farmers and herders into labour programmes similar to those used in troubled Xinjiang, a US...

NEW YORK: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed yesterday that the next US leader must accept Tehran's demands, ruling out compromise...

WASHINGTON: The United States registered its 200,000th death from the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday (Sep 22), the latest grim milestone...

WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to boost his country's Paris climate accord target yesterday and called for a...

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British people yesterday to work from home where possible and ordered restaurants and...

NEW YORK: TikTok has proposed a global coalition of social media firms for early identification and removal of harmful content,...

NEW YORK: Facebook said on Tuesday (Sep 22) it had removed a network of inauthentic Chinese accounts that were interfering...

LONDON: Canada's Bianca Andreescu has pulled out of the French Open and will take the rest of the season off...

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested today that coronavirus infections were higher in Britain than in Italy or Germany because...

OTTAWA: Covid-19 infections have surged in Canada and if people do not take stringent precautions, they could balloon to exceed...