The French rugby federation on Thursday reported another player had tested positive for coronavirus ahead of their Six Nations match against Scotland this weekend, and cancelled the day's training. Sunday's game at the Stade de France was placed in...

Taiwan's drive to plug a global shortage of microchips has hit a snag — a lack of water for its foundries caused by a drought. Taiwanese high-tech chip foundries are some of the world's biggest and most advanced, and European car manufacturers ha...

China on Thursday said it had never asked US diplomats to undergo Covid-19 anal swabs, following American media reports that State Department personnel had complained of being subjected to the intrusive test. China -- which has largely brought the ...

Junta supporters wielding knives and slingshots clashed with residents in Myanmar's largest city on Thursday, as tensions rise after weeks of nationwide protests against the military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi. The country has been gripped b...

Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies. The world-first law passed easily after the Au...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, has had successful surgery for appendicitis, state media reported late Wednesday. The 35-year-old prince had "successful laparoscopic surgery (Wednesday) morning for appendiciti...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared his country had achieved the "human miracle" of eliminating extreme poverty, though questions continue to surround the Communist Party's criteria for making the claim. In a glitzy ceremony in Beijin...

Facebook said it has banned all remaining accounts linked to the Myanmar military on Thursday, citing the junta's use of deadly force against anti-coup demonstrators. The move, which takes effect immediately, applies to the military and entities c...

New Zealand defeated Australia by four runs in the second Twenty20 international at University Oval in Dunedin on Thursday. The Black Caps finished their 20 overs at 219 for seven off the back of a blistering 97 from Martin Guptill after losing the...

With her dreadlocks and nose piercing, Shanna Reis doesn't exactly look the part of the camouflage-clad hunter tracking game in the forest. But the 28-year-old represents a new German generation of enthusiasts concerned about where they get their m...

Bulgarians of all ages, some as young as 20, joined long queues at hospitals this weekend after low uptake on priority lists led the government to open up vaccinations to everyone. Fewer than a third of those designated as first in line for Covid-1...

A wild sheep found wandering the wilderness of the Australian bush has been sheared of a huge 35-kilogram (77-pound) coat after an estimated five years of unchecked growth. Struggling under a filthy fleece caked with years of mud and tangled debris...

Iran will vote in June for a successor to President Hassan Rouhani and his moderate-reformist government, but politics in the country is dominated by the nuclear issue and no frontrunner has emerged. Several conservative heavyweights are thought t...

Already faced with the prospect of spending several years in overcrowded and often violent jails, Egypt's political prisoners are often charged with crimes they allegedly committed while behind bars. In a practice dubbed by the country's legal and ...

Another Federal Reserve reassurance it would not hike interest rates until absolutely necessary buoyed Asian markets Thursday, while traders were also taking heart from more positive developments on the vaccine front. Expectations the global econom...