Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 shot is expected to be authorized by the European Union on Thursday, the bloc's fourth vaccine in the fight to end its chapter of the pandemic. Here's what you need to know. - How safe and effective is it?...

China's rubber-stamp parliament voted Thursday for sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral system -- including powers to veto candidates -- as Beijing moves to ensure only "patriots" run the city following huge pro-democracy rallies. Beijing has ...

British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday that net losses more than doubled last year to £3.2 billion, hit by the coronavirus pandemic which forced thousands of company layoffs. The loss after tax, equivalent to $4.4 billion or 3.7 b...

Knife-wielding men who stole hundreds of toilet rolls during panic-buying shortages in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong were jailed for more than three years on Thursday. The three were each sentenced to 40 months in prison...

China's rubber-stamp parliament voted Thursday for changes to Hong Kong's electoral system including powers to veto candidates, as Beijing moves to establish a "patriotic" government after huge pro-democracy rallies in the city. Beijing has acted d...

President Joe Biden goes before the nation Thursday in his first primetime television address to deliver a message of "hope" after Congress passed his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan a year into the deadly pandemic. "There is real reason for hop...

Some 12 million women may have lost access to contraception due to pandemic health disruptions, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency said Thursday, warning that the poorest and most vulnerable were the hardest hit. UNFPA, based ...

The world on Thursday marked one year since the coronavirus threat was declared a pandemic, with vaccinations offering hope but much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives with no clear path back to normality. The enormity of the challe...

Mari Osaka, the elder sister of four-time major-winner Naomi Osaka, has retired from tennis at the age of 24, explaining "it was a journey which I didn't enjoy". The elder Osaka was ranked 340th in the world, having reached a career-high of 280th i...

A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the American navy said Thursday, a day after a top US commander warned of the threat to Taiwan of a Chinese invasion within the next six years. The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John...

Security forces sprayed gunfire during pre-dawn patrols of Myanmar's biggest city on Thursday, as the UN condemned the growing violence against protestors angry over the six-week-old coup. International pressure has been building steadily since the...

At David Ferrer's factory, workers are busy cutting, trimming and stitching together fine sheets of wood to make chessboards to meet a surge in orders in the wake of the runaway success of the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit". Rechapados Ferre...

In a densely populated city with notoriously high rents, Hong Kong's musicians are used to playing cramped stages. But few venues are quite as pokey -- or unorthodox -- as Yuen Hing Lung noodles. On a recent weekday night a jazz band was in full sw...

When Andjela dropped to her knees and proposed to the love of her life two years ago, she thought that officially tying the knot with her partner Sanja was just a fantasy. But the couple is now planning their wedding at home in their Balkan countr...

Here are some career highs and lows from the sporting career of New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams, who announced Thursday he is hanging up rugby his boots to concentrate on boxing: - The sweet science - By 2012, Williams had already won a Rugby Wo...