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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to end most Covid-19 measures introduced to curb the rapid spread of...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, today called for international governments to officially recognise the country’s Taliban administration,...

Two late penalties awarded after intervention by the Video Assistant Referee saw debutants Gambia hold Mali to a 1-1 draw...

JERUSALEM: Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea bargain to end his corruption trial, a source briefed...

LONDON: Britain’s government will cut the BBC’s funding by ordering a two-year freeze on the fee that people pay to...

OTTAWA: The Canadian government has urged its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine due to “ongoing Russian aggression and...

Italy's Federica Brignone took her second super-G win of the World Cup season on Sunday as Austria's Ariane Raedler celebrated...

Having limited the spread of the coronavirus through tough restrictions earlier in the pandemic, Australia is now suffering record caseloads...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has blamed the unrest on "terrorists" who received foreign training and support. The mass protests in Kazakhstan...

SYDNEY: Australia has likely neared the peak of its Omicron wave, authorities said today, but warned daily infections will linger...

BEIJING: The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes today after announcing it had detected at least seven...

The investigation made crucial progress after player agent Dejan Veljkovic — who had contacts with many of the leading clubs,...

BREST (France): The European Union and China are planning to hold a summit in late March, the EU’s foreign policy...

Tesla, the electric carmaker headed by billionaire Elon Musk, has started to allow people to buy brand merchandise using Dogecoin,...

MOSCOW: Russia has dismantled ransomware crime group REvil at the request of the United States in an operation in which...

JAKARTA: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island today, the United States Geological Survey said, as buildings were reported...

KYIV: Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack warning its citizens to “be afraid and expect the worst”, and Russia,...

SEOUL: North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles today, its third test in less than two weeks, just hours...

A single page of artwork from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book has sold at a US auction for a record...

A US voting company has filed a $1.6bn (£1.1bn) defamation lawsuit against Fox News over a claim that the firm...