Here are some of the more puzzling rules as Europeans settle for another winter holiday season overshadowed by the pandemic threat: Czech 'pig slaughter parties' Vaccine passes have become compulsory for a variety of public events across Europe. In ...

The country of three million has taken some of the world's toughest and most enduring measures against the coronavirus pandemic, shutting schools for much of the last two years and closing borders. Its vaccination programme has seen huge take-up wi...

But today she is first violinist in an inventive orchestra bringing together two dozen other disadvantaged youths, using instruments made from recycled materials. Her violin is made from colourful soda cans, while a string bass has a skateboard for...

China, where the coronavirus was first detected in late 2019, is on high alert for new infections as it prepares to hold the Winter Olympics in February in the capital Beijing. The world's most populous nation has reduced cases to a minimum thanks ...

Two more Hong Kong universities on Friday removed public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following on the heels of the dismantling of a sculpture marking victims of the crackdown at another university earlier this week.

The removals come a day after Hong Kong's oldest university took down a statue commemorating the bloody crackdown, sparking outcry by activists and dissident artists in the city and abroad. Hong Kong was for a long time the only place in China wher...

Festive jokes about reindeer having "herd immunity" and millions isolating "Home Alone" may be wearing thin, but the emergence of the ultra-infectious Omicron variant means the pandemic isn't going anywhere. For a second straight year, surging infe...

Randy Bullock booted the game-winning 44-yard field goal with four seconds left to cap the Titans' second-half comeback and keep them on track for a post-season berth. Tennessee receiver A.J. Brown, in his first game back from injury, caught 11 pas...

AFP Sport looks at what measures athletes and others can expect to face in the "bubble" and how that compares to last summer's virus-delayed Tokyo Games. What is the 'closed loop'? China, where the virus emerged towards the end of 2019, has pursued ...

The incident happened early in the morning near the southern rural town of Jhalokathi, 250 kilometres (155 miles) south of the capital Dhaka. The vessel was carrying around 500 people. "The three-storey Obhijan 10 caught fire mid-river. We have rec...

The three are part of a growing list of companies opting not to put employees at risk by staffing events, exhibits or briefings at the annual gadget extravaganza. "After careful consideration we have decided to withhold from having a presence on th...

At least 32 people died on Friday when a packed ferry caught fire in southern Bangladesh, police said.

Top government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno did not call the decision a boycott but said there were "no plans" to send political representatives to the Games. "Japan believes it is important that common values shared by the international community su...

Trump asked the nation's highest court to stay a ruling this month by a federal appeals court which rejected his attempt to keep the documents and records secret. Trump, who has been accused of fomenting the assault on Congress, is seeking to exerc...

Captained by Kapil Dev, seen now as one of cricket's best ever players, India began the tournament in England as rank outsiders but ended up triumphing over the all-conquering West Indies in the final at a raucous Lord's. The victory "was the turni...