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The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is set to take place on Saturday morning in...

BEIJING : China's December new home prices declined at a slower pace compared with a month earlier, a private-sector survey...

Residents of Boulder County in Colorado have returned to scenes of devastation after snowfall helped extinguish the last of a...

PARIS: France takes over the rotating presidency of the European Union today, affording President Emmanuel Macron the chance to pose...

TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen marked the new year with a message for China: military conflict is not the answer....

BEIJING: The Chinese city of Xian entered its 10th day of lockdown on Saturday as the Covid-19 outbreak has yet...

SEOUL: South Korea's exports expanded at their fastest pace in 11 years in 2021, with the total export value reaching...

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention...

WILMINGTON: President Joe Biden said yesterday he told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that a move on Ukraine will draw...

Betty White’s death was confirmed Friday by Jeff Witjas, her longtime agent and friend. She would have turned 100 on...

Here are five trends that will shape the personal technology space in 2022 and beyond. The global pandemic dominated product...

STOCKHOLM: Ikea will hike its prices by an average of 9 per cent next year due to ongoing supply and...

JAKARTA: Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, will likely ratify its membership of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) early next...

George R R Martin revealed that he had seen a rough cut of the first episode of House Of The...

HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific Airways on Thursday said the latest tightening of quarantine restrictions on aircrew had led it to...

Cameroon's football federation said four of their players have tested positive for COVID-19, with the Africa Cup of Nations hosts...

WASHINGTON: Former Republican President Donald Trump’s recent comments touting Covid-19 vaccines as safe and a major achievement of his presidency...

NEW YORK: US prosecutors on Thursday dismissed charges against two New York prison guards who admitted to falsifying records on...

SYDNEY: Australia sought to relieve pressure on overrun Covid-19 testing facilities today by narrowing its definition of close contacts of...

SEOUL:  South Korea said on Friday it will extend stricter social distancing rules for two weeks amid a persistent surge...