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BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday (Sep 23) hit back at a US move to ban imports from China's northwestern Xinjiang region...

REUTERS: Tesla Inc faced a stock market reality check on Wednesday after a much hyped "Battery Day" event which Wall...

TOKYO: Organisers of next year's delayed Tokyo Olympics will require COVID-19 tests of foreign athletes upon their arrival in Japan,...

MARSEILLE: The lead rider of a Tour de France team caught up in a doping investigation said he had "nothing...

BERLIN: Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge insists the German giants are eager to stop Thursday's (Sep 24) UEFA Super Cup...

MOSCOW: The world's largest group of shipping insurers will not insure vessels involved in the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 and...

LONDON: An emergency approval of one to three COVID-19 vaccines is likely in the coming months, UBS Asset Management predicted...

JAKARTA: Indonesia reported 4,465 new coronavirus cases today, the country’s biggest daily rise, taking the total number of infections to...

WASHINGTON: Amazon.com, the world's biggest online retailer, announced the launch of a climate-friendly program on Wednesday (Sep 23) to help...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG: Investors in China are betting on a bumpy ride until the end of the US presidential election and...

MELBOURNE: Australia's coronavirus hot spot of Victoria is considering easing more curbs from Sep 26 than previously flagged, the state's...

SEOUL: A vehicle that may be carrying a ballistic missile has been spotted at a parade training ground in North...

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil today what he says is a far-reaching plan to help the economy...

SEOUL: South Korea's President Moon Jae-in called yesterday for a regional infectious disease control and public health initiative involving China,...

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led US House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding Bill yesterday to keep the federal government operating through...

BEIJING: China is forcing Tibetan farmers and herders into labour programmes similar to those used in troubled Xinjiang, a US...

NEW YORK: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed yesterday that the next US leader must accept Tehran's demands, ruling out compromise...

WASHINGTON: The United States registered its 200,000th death from the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday (Sep 22), the latest grim milestone...

WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced plans to boost his country's Paris climate accord target yesterday and called for a...

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British people yesterday to work from home where possible and ordered restaurants and...