Limits will remain in areas that have had cases in the last week.

Ukraine is now losing 60 to 100 soldiers each day in combat, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week. Nobody really knows how many civilians have been killed.

The fire at the BM Inland Container Depot broke out around midnight on Saturday following explosions in a container full of chemicals. At least five firefighters are among the dead.

Taliban’s Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai asks Ding Yinan, charge d’affaires at the Chinese embassy, for Beijing’s help to contain fire that has raged for 12 days.

Human rights group calls arrests ‘an insult’ to memory of those who died during incident on June 4, 1989.

Singapore’s home affairs minister said the city state had sourced supplies of chilled and frozen chicken to plug the gap left by Malaysia halting poultry exports earlier this month.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Sweden and Finland of supporting Kurdish militants deemed by Türkiye to be terrorists.

Sequel shows Hollywood star wearing familiar bomber jacket from 1986 original bearing Taiwan’s flag, after the patch went missing in a 2019 trailer.

Drowning is a leading cause of death among Vietnamese children, with more than 2,000 kids under 16 losing their lives this way each year.

The blasts marked the first assault on the Ukrainian capital in weeks as life had slowly begun to resemble normal in the city and its suburbs.

Representatives from both banks apologise for inconvenience caused by technical issues, say all services have resumed.

Avic Chengdu’s system uses air pressure to catapult a UAV into flight without emitting light, sound or exhaust.

Civil servants are in guaranteed employment while hundreds of thousands have lost jobs or income during the pandemic. The proposed rise, even if based on a tried-and-tested formula, was never going to be well received by a community struggling to get...

Japan’s defence minister said that the ‘very large’ number of missiles launched from multiple locations at the same time was ‘absolutely unacceptable’.

City’s largest coffee chain already has seven outlets under cashless scheme since February, with another eight to follow in June.

One of a Kind says its application for the annual book fair was rejected, while sources reveal Humming Publishing also barred from event.

Shenzhou 14 spacecraft sent into space from Inner Mongolia at 10.44am on Sunday and is expected to dock with the Tiangong space station’s core module within 7 hours.

After much delay, Japan’s parliament looks set to approve the medication this year, but women will still require spousal consent to obtain a prescription. This caveat, along with the cost – around US$780 per dose – has highlighted the countryâ€...

They’re young, frugal and ready to retire before they reach 40. Meet the thousands of Koreans aiming to escape ‘enduring workplace harassment and overwork’ by putting aside as much as 90 per cent of their monthly pay cheques.

The intercept ‘resulted in a dangerous manoeuvre which posed a safety threat’, Australia’s defence department said on Sunday.

Landmark has helped boost Hong Kong’s economy and provide a ‘distinctive experience’ for tourists, say residents who urge authorities to use any means to conserve the floating restaurant.

It’s everyone’s worst nightmare when transferring cash and sending it to the wrong person, and in the case of a struggling vendor in China the mistaken recipient spent the lot.

For too long, the government has permitted the private market to heat up while neglecting its commitment to ensure adequate affordable housing for the masses. The new chief executive must ensure effective policies are in place to eliminate the proble...

Jose Ramos-Horta says his country wants to maintain an equal distance from all major powers while keeping the door open to trade and investment. Analysts say it’s going to be a tough balancing act.

Kowloon City is home to dozens of Thai restaurants and grocery stores frequented by Hongkongers seeking authentic cuisine.

The world needs to appreciate the rapid shifts in the global order arising from the US’ toxic domestic situation, and how its political elite distracts people from its decline with an aggressive foreign policy anchored in outdated doctrines.

‘Total headcount will increase, but salaried should be fairly flat,’ Musk tweeted in a reply to an unverified Twitter account two days after he said he needed to cut about 10 per cent of staff at the company.

Beijing did not get the endorsement of the regional security deal it was hoping for but ‘it’s not the end of China in the Pacific’, analyst says.

Biden reportedly planned to go ahead with the long-rumoured Saudi stop during an upcoming overseas tour at the end of June.

Queen and Adam Lambert opened the show outside Buckingham while Prince Charles paid tribute to a lifetime of selfless service, addressing the queen as ‘mummy.’

The Ukrainian claim could not be independently verified, and Moscow said its own forces were making gains there.

The Secret Service said the small, private plane was immediately escorted from the restricted airspace after ‘mistakenly entering a secured area’.

From Bollywood-style dance to henna tattoo workshops, celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s record-breaking 70-year reign in the northwestern English city of Preston had a multicultural flavour on Saturday. With a population of 140,000 and close to Ma...

The Colombian star has sold more than 60 million albums, while Spanish football hero Gerard Pique has won numerous championships. The couple have two sons.

The businessman died of a coronavirus infection at the age of 57, the Russian state news agency TASS reported on Saturday.

a social media post on Monday claimed toes could be sold for US$20,000 to US$40,000 depending on size, blaming a government ‘incapable of creating jobs’ for generating the purported business.

A deal was reached about two decades ago to allow Iran to supply Oman with gas, but the project never materialised.

The flight included engineer Katya Echazarreta, who at 26 became the youngest American woman in space, she was sponsored by a programme that seeks to democratise access to space.

The USS Ronald Reagan, a 100,000-tonne nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, joined the drills along with other powerful military assets, in the allies’ first joint exercise since President Yoon Suk-yeol took office.

Man had been spotted floating in the sea off Murray House in Stanley at about 4pm on Saturday.

PLA’s involvement in UN missions has been an opportunity to accumulate experience at relatively low cost, observers say.

Fire broke out after a boiler exploded in the factory at an industrial facility in Dhaulana in the Hapur area of Uttar Pradesh state, around 60km from New Delhi

The singer and her co-writer are named in the lawsuit, which is being brought by songwriter Andy Stone – documents state they ‘knowingly, wilfully, and intentionally engaged in a campaign’ to infringe copyright.

As Americans reel from repeated mass shootings, millions of people are going online to learn about guns and gun rights, while US gun manufacturing has tripled to about 400 million since 1999.

The trio who will spend six months on the Tiangong space station are the first drawn entirely from the batch of astronauts recruited in 2010

Narender Singh Yadav claimed to have reached the top Everest in May 2016, but the photos were later found to have been doctored.

Island reports 152 deaths, including that of a 1-year-old boy with a pre-existing heart condition.

Thought new spread may be linked to particular gay festivals in Europe, it is not thought to be a sexually transmitted disease – risk is skin-to-skin contact with sores.

Wang Xiaoshan, Lau Chung-hoi involved in scam to apply for three letters of credit from DBS Bank, with total value of transactions reaching HK$75 million.

Two countries sign range of economic agreements while Dili tries to balance its relationship with major powers.