Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai has again been denied bail ahead of his April trial on charges of colluding with foreign forces. Lai is one

A huge winter storm sweeping across the southern US has killed at least 21 people and left millions without power. There have been widespread blackouts in Texas, where the energy

New Zealand will lift a Covid-19 lockdown of its largest city of Auckland and ease restrictions across the rest of the country from midnight on Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, has relaxed its third lockdown and will allow spectators to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament after a five-day absence. Rod Laver Arena will

Opponents of Myanmar’s military coup gathered on Wednesday for what they hope will be a major show of opposition to the army’s assertion of public support for overthrowing elected leader

South Korea’s intelligence agency says North Korea attempted to steal information on coronavirus vaccines and treatments by hacking Pfizer, the US pharmaceutical firm whose highly effective Covid-19 vaccine is being

The United Nations has said it will raise the detention of Princess Latifa, the daughter of Dubai’s ruler, with the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Princess Latifa has

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday, signalling a growing feud between the two most senior Republican voices after the party lost the

Months after other major economies, Japan began giving the first coronavirus vaccines to front-line health workers Wednesday. Many are wondering if the campaign will reach enough people, and in time,

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as a cold front shut wells and refineries in Texas, the biggest crude producing state in the United States, the world’s biggest oil producer. Prices

Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccination drive. Passengers arriving

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended suspension of flights from Nigeria earlier slated for February 28 to March 10, 2020. The UAE aviation authorities made this known in the

Fifty-one billion and zero – the two numbers Bill Gates says you need to know about climate. Solving climate change would be “the most amazing thing humanity has ever done”,

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have confirmed they are expecting a younger brother or sister for their one-year-old son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. A spokesperson for the couple said in a

Germany has implemented tighter border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants. Speaking

New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland will go into a three-day lockdown beginning just before midnight on Sunday following the discovery of three unexplained coronavirus cases in the community. Prime

Japan has formally approved its first Covid-19 vaccine with the health ministry giving the go-ahead to use the vaccine co-developed and supplied by Pfizer Inc. Authorities said on Sunday its