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LONDON: The British government is on Friday (Oct 9) set to announce further support for firms to retain staff in...

LONDON: Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane launched a stinging criticism of the club’s players, saying they could get manager...

LONDON: Gareth Southgate said Tammy Abraham, Ben Chilwell and Jadon Sancho face a battle to win their spots back after...

LONDON: Britain's economy expanded by a much lower-than-expected 2.1 per cent in August from July as the country tries to...

JAKARTA: The governor of Indonesia's capital today said he would inform President Joko Widodo of protesters' demand for a polarising...

HANOI: Vietnam has arrested a prominent blogger and dissident for “anti-state activities” hours after its government held annual talks on...

WASHINGTON: US Democrats yesterday proposed a commission to investigate whether Donald Trump is mentally fit for office — and look...

BEIJING: China's foreign ministry said today the country has formally joined the global Covid-19 vaccine initiative known as Covax, becoming...

SEOUL: Eight months into a strict, coronavirus-triggered border shutdown, nuclear-armed North Korea is widely expected to stage an attention-grabbing display...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's physician said yesterday that Trump had completed his course of therapy for the coronavirus, had remained...

WASHINGTON: Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the November 3 election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers...

CHICAGO: Final data from Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir showed the treatment cut Covid-19 recovery time by five days...

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases yesterday, with the total rising by...

SALT LAKE CITY: President Donald Trump's battle with Covid-19, his age and the age of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden...

NEW DELHI: Veteran Indian politician Ram Vilas Paswan, a federal minister and an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling...

PARIS: With Europe topping six million coronavirus cases, Scotland and Brussels became the latest to introduce curbs on alcohol consumption...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's upcoming general election has the rare distinction of providing a choice of two female candidates as the...

WASHINGTON: The US government said in a court filing on Thursday it was appealing a judge's ruling that prevented it...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, who is still being treated for Covid-19, said today he will refuse to take part...

US President Donald Trump speaks outside the White House, where he is being treated for the coronavirus disease, in Washington,...