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FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a closed bar during the lockdown imposed to slow down the spread of the...

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (May 22) stepped up threats to strip Hong Kong of special trading privileges as...

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei's involvement in Britain's 5G network in...

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday (May 22) it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic...

GENEVA: South America has become "a new epicentre" of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said Friday (May...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Transportation Department said late Friday it had granted tentative approval to 15 airlines to temporarily halt service...

BANGKOK: Thailand has given businesses another year to comply with a new personal data protection law due to the impact...

WASHINGTON: A range of business groups have made an 11th-hour appeal to US President Donald Trump as he weighs whether...

PARIS: France is to allow the resumption of religious gatherings after a two-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, but...

LONDON: Britain, Australia and Canada on Friday (May 22) said they were "deeply concerned" at China's plans for a new...

SINGAPORE: Pre-school and primary school students will each be given a face shield and hand sanitisers as they prepare to...

CHICAGO: The United States plans a massive testing effort involving more than 100,000 volunteers and a half dozen or so...

REUTERS: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Friday reported forecast-beating fourth-quarter revenues and profits, as more people shopped online for essentials...

Foreign workers inside Avery Lodge dormitory along 2D Jalan Papan   SINGAPORE: The number of COVID-19 cases in Singapore topped...

NEW DELHI: India's cricket board will not push for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia to be postponed but would...

BEIJING: China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the island's independence and promoting China's "reunification",...

MELBOURNE: Tokyo Games organisers face "real problems" staging the Olympics next year as coronavirus infections continue to soar, senior international...

TOKYO: Japan's central bank on Friday (May 22) offered hundreds of billions of dollars in additional lending to help small...

SHANGHAI: China will severely punish the illegal hunting and trading of wild animals, it said in its government work report...

SEOUL: When South Korea's domestic women's golf tour held its premier event last week - without spectators because of the...