After a slow start fans have returned in droves to see the re-released Tolkien fantasy trilogy The Lord of the…

India has once again overtaken Brazil as home of the world’s second-largest Covid-19 outbreak, with the South Asian nation adding…

LOUISIANA: Five people were hospitalised after being shot and critically injured in a drive-by shooting at a liquor store in…

ROME: Italy’s top flight Serie A league is set to meet on Monday at 1530 GMT to discuss a decision…

President Emmanuel Macron urged a change in French law after a man who murdered a Jewish woman in 2017 avoided…

Stefanos Tsitsipas said he had a little extra motivation to win his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title against Andrey Rublev…

BANGKOK: Thailand reported 1,390 new coronavirus cases on Monday (Apr 19), slowing slightly after a run of record daily highs,…

MELBOURNE: Australian swimming emerged from its national championships with a string of encouraging performances from the country’s major medal threats…

BEIJING: China could see its number of births slide below 10 million annually in the next five years if the…

SINGAPORE: A member of a syndicate linked to S$2.5 million worth of cross-border investment scams, perpetuated via shell companies with…

The Philippines will resume administering AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to people below 60 years of age, health officials said on Monday,…

KUALA LUMPUR: Microsoft Corporation will invest US$1 billion in Malaysia over the next five years as part of a new partnership…

Hundreds of people queued up on Monday at Tsim Sha Tsui’s Harbour City, Hong Kong’s largest shopping centre, to be…

A leading government adviser on Hong Kong’s Covid-19 response has recommended extending quarantine for arrivals from three high-risk countries to…

A 30-year-old Hong Kong man managed to escape his burning New Territories flat without injury after being awakened by choking…

image copyrightGetty Images An eight-year-old girl who was kidnapped in eastern France on Tuesday has been found with her mother…

image copyrightMetropolitan Police Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic will be expelled from the country. The…

Key events Show 3.25am EDT 03:25 “Big reset” of vaccine rollout 2.12am EDT 02:12 Royal commission into veteran suicide to…

Boris Johnson likely to announce proposal, including Official Secrets Act update, in Queen’s speech Britain plans to force those working…

An online flashmob is pleading with the producers and the audience to let a Russian man, who never wanted to…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is blaming “snowbirds” returning from winter Florida trips for Michigan’s spike in Covid-19 infections, just days after…

A Utah paramedic who donated $10 to a legal defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen who shot three Wisconsin…

A former police officer and defense witness in the George Floyd murder trial of Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin has been…