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Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma, the German hospital treating him said yesterday. Navalny, a fierce, high-profile critic
The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands yesterday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged
Australia’s economy suffered its sharpest economic contraction since the Great Depression due to the pandemic, with data released yesterday confirming the country is in its first recession in 28 years. The
Health authorities in Portugal are allowing the country’s Communist Party to let 16,500 people into its annual open-air festival next weekend - an unusually high number for a gathering in
Hong Kong authorities say nearly half a million people have registered for a free universal coronavirus testing program that is due to begin today. Residents registering online have already booked out
Zimbabwe’s parks authorities are investigating the death of 11 elephants in a forest in the west of the country, a parks spokesman said yesterday. The carcasses of the elephants were discovered
China’s military test-fired two missiles into the South China Sea, including a “carrier killer” military analysts suggest might have been developed to attack U.S. forces, a newspaper reported yesterday. The DF-26B
Two people have been killed and one injured during a third night of unrest in the US city of Kenosha, sparked by the police shooting of a black man. Police said
Australia’s government announced yesterday it proposed to block Kirin Holdings Co.’s 45.6 billion yen ($430 million) sale of its Australian beverage unit to a Chinese company in a development likely
Liu Zili, former vice chairman and general manager of Kweichow Moutai Group, maker of China’s famous Moutai liquor, was yesterday sentenced to 11 and half years in prison for accepting
The EU’s trade commissioner is coming under intense pressure to step down after attending a golf event despite a ban on public gatherings during the pandemic. The job of Phil Hogan,
With unusual candor, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that U.S.-led sanctions, the pandemic and devastating floods have hurt his country’s dismal economy as his ruling party scheduled a
When ride-hailing heavyweights Uber and Lyft and delivery giants Grubhub and Instacart began making shared rides and meals available with a few taps on a smartphone, they transformed the way
Cruise ship passengers had their temperatures checked and took COVID-19 tests yesterday (Macau time) so they could set sail on what is being billed as the first Mediterranean cruise after
The Chinese army has released footage of its Hong Kong garrison firing cannons and torpedoes in a drill in the South China Sea amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington
China’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday it has extended punitive tariffs on Indian optical fiber products for five years. The announcement follows a yearlong review after a previous tariff expired in 2019.
U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar says the push to develop a COVID-19 vaccine is “not a race to be first.” Azar’s comments during a visit to Taiwan yesterday follow Russian President
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Czech Republic at the start of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe expected to focus on threats to the
Social media posts urged investors to buy shares of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s company, following his arrest and police raid of his flagship newspaper. After falling as much as
President Donald Trump said U.S. military generals have told him that they “seem to feel” the massive explosion that rocked Beirut, killing at least 100 people, was a “terrible attack”
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