S&P 500 ends over 4,000 for 1st time, oil prices rally
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 finished above 4,000 for the first time Thursday setting a record amid rising confidence in the US economic...
UK sanctions Myanmar conglomerate
LONDON: Britain sanctioned a Myanmar conglomerate on Thursday for its close links to the military leadership which Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said was wantonly...
Suu Kyi faces court as UN envoy warns of Myanmar civil...
YANGON - Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced a court hearing Thursday, after a UN envoy warned of the risk of...
Veteran Hong Kong activists convicted over huge democracy rally
HONG KONG - Nine veteran Hong Kong activists face jail after they were convicted Thursday on unlawful assembly charges for their role in organising...
Britney Spears says she ‘cried for weeks’ over documentary
PARIS - Britney Spears said she was "embarrassed" and "cried for two weeks" over her portrayal in a recent documentary about her career and...
China under pressure after WHO chief revives lab leak theory
BEIJING: China faced mounting pressure Wednesday over the investigation into the origins of Covid-19, after the WHO chief revived a theory it may have...
Homeless but not forgotten in UK’s Covid jab drive
WINCHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - Mac is only 25, normally too young to be eligible for the British government's Covid inoculation campaign at this stage....
Japan suspends new aid to Myanmar over military coup
Japan has suspended the provision of new aid to Myanmar in response to last month's military coup, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday, as...
‘Beautiful and fierce’: Voguing balls let LGBT Chinese shine
BEIJING: Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut -- voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China's LGBT community a "playground" to...
Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500
YANGON: More than 500 people have been killed in the Myanmar junta's brutal crackdown on protests against its coup to oust civilian leader Aung...
