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TOKYO : Japan could open up to blank-cheque listings but with its own safeguards for investors, the head of the...

OSLO : Norway's Telenor said on Thursday it had partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to speed up the modernisation...

MELBOURNE : Sam Stosur's 69th and final appearance in a Grand Slam singles draw ended in a 6-2 6-2 second-round...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden came in facing extraordinary challenges: A nation divided after the Donald Trump years, the Covid...

Netflix series Arcane is a show that delivers uniformly. A narrative-rich video game adaptation with stunning visuals and stellar background...

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Wednesday (Jan 19) said it was too soon to make commitments on lifting US tariffs...

SYDNEY: The undersea telecommunications cable connecting Tonga to the rest of the world that was damaged by a volcano eruption...

VILNIUS: Russian troops arriving into Belarus for what Moscow and Misnk say will be joint military exercises are a direct...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to end most Covid-19 measures introduced to curb the rapid spread of...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, today called for international governments to officially recognise the country’s Taliban administration,...

Two late penalties awarded after intervention by the Video Assistant Referee saw debutants Gambia hold Mali to a 1-1 draw...

JERUSALEM: Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is negotiating a plea bargain to end his corruption trial, a source briefed...

LONDON: Britain’s government will cut the BBC’s funding by ordering a two-year freeze on the fee that people pay to...

OTTAWA: The Canadian government has urged its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine due to “ongoing Russian aggression and...

Italy's Federica Brignone took her second super-G win of the World Cup season on Sunday as Austria's Ariane Raedler celebrated...

Having limited the spread of the coronavirus through tough restrictions earlier in the pandemic, Australia is now suffering record caseloads...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has blamed the unrest on "terrorists" who received foreign training and support. The mass protests in Kazakhstan...

SYDNEY: Australia has likely neared the peak of its Omicron wave, authorities said today, but warned daily infections will linger...

BEIJING: The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes today after announcing it had detected at least seven...

The investigation made crucial progress after player agent Dejan Veljkovic — who had contacts with many of the leading clubs,...