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More than one million people have fallen through cracks in government schemes designed to support them during the coronavirus crisis,...

TOKYO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Monday (Jun 15) it was not true the government had decided to...

Amid brewing Sino-US tensions, economic distancing from China would carry heavy costs, says ANU’s Shiro Armstrong. An overview of Shenzhen....

TOKYO: Tokyo confirmed 47 new coronavirus infections on Sunday (Jun 14), Asahi television reported, the highest since the government lifted...

FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan.   WASHINGTON: Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and...

TOKYO: An explosion was reported at Honda Motor's plant in central Japan, police said on Sunday (Jun 14), with two...

LONDON: Britain is urgently reviewing its social distancing rule and might be able to relax quarantine for travellers to help...

ATLANTA: The police chief in the US city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during...

FIRA: From the emblematic island of Santorini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday (Jun 13) that Greece is...

SYDNEY: Australia's two largest states will further ease COVID-19 restrictions at libraries, community centres and nightclubs, officials said on Sunday...

LONDON: The stance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in potentially banning athletes who kneel in support of anti-racism protests...

Graduation Day at the US Military Academy at West Point in 2019.   WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jun...

LONDON: Sheffield United defender Chris Basham fears the introduction of the five substitutes rule for the rest of the season...

LONDON: England manager Gareth Southgate has said it was an easy decision to accept a 30 per cent wage cut...

BELGRADE: An emotional Novak Djokovic broke down in tears in front of a packed 4,000 crowd at his own tennis...

MAINZ, Germany: Bundesliga club Mainz 05 said Nigerian winger Taiwo Awoniyi, on loan from Liverpool, was taken to hospital for...

ROME: Italy cannot afford to return to normality after the coronavirus emergency but should turn the crisis into an opportunity...

TORONTO: Canada's intelligence agency warned that arresting the daughter of billionaire Huawei founder Ren Zheng would set off global "shock...

BEIJING: Rescued from a farmer's fish pond, a young pangolin's release back into China's wilderness this week was hailed as...