China warns of ‘serious harm’ to relations as Australia scraps BRI...

BEIJING: China on Thursday said Australia's sudden scrapping of a Belt and Road Initiative deal risked "serious harm" to relations and warned of retaliatory...

India logs record jump in virus infections

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday posted a global record for the number of coronavirus cases in a day, as US President Joe Biden hailed...

India’s Covid-19 shortages spur black market for drugs, oxygen

MUMBAI, India: As Poonam Sinha fought for her life, her distraught son found himself fending off black marketeers of coronavirus drugs after the hospital...

US imposes new Myanmar sanctions on 2 state-owned businesses

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday imposed new Myanmar-related sanctions, targeting two state-owned businesses in Washington's latest in a series of punitive actions following...

Myanmar activists protest as report says junta chief to attend summit

Myanmar anti-coup activists launched protests on Wednesday calling for the release of detained prisoners, as Nikkei Asia reported that junta chief General Min Aung...

Pet market dodges Covid malaise in dog-crazy Brazil

SAO PAULO - While the coronavirus crisis has depressed most sectors of the economy in Brazil, the country with more dogs than children splurged...

Pakistan’s parliament to debate whether to expel French ambassador

LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan's parliament will debate Tuesday whether the country should expel the French ambassador as the government bids to appease a radical party...

Strong opposition in Australia’s Byron Bay to planned Netflix reality show

SYDNEY: Surfers in the coastal Australian town of Byron Bay staged a "paddle out" protest Tuesday as locals rally against a planned Netflix reality...

The climate pledges of the world’s top emitters

PARIS - Under the Paris Agreement on climate, nearly every country will have to drastically reduce their carbon emissions, and they were supposed to...

Cape Town fire guts library, moves closer to city

CAPE TOWN - A fire in Cape Town has ravaged part of a university library housing a unique collection of African archives, its director...