BANGKOK - Thailand on Thursday (Dec 3) reported at least five deaths after flash floods caused by monsoon rains hit seven...

LONDON  - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson might be persuaded to take a Covid-19 vaccination on television to show it...

TOKYO - Prosecutors have asked Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report for voluntary questioning in a case they...

SEOUL  - Nearly half a million South Korean students nervously began a hyper-competitive university entrance exam on Thursday (Dec 3),...

LONDON - Britain approved Pfizer Inc's Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday (Dec 2), jumping ahead of the rest of the world in...

LONDON - Britain’s Prince Harry has suggested that the coronavirus pandemic is a rebuke from nature as he called for more...

STOCKHOLM - A 70-year-old Swedish woman detained on suspicion of holding her adult son captive at home for up to three...

GENEVA  - This year is on track to be the second hottest on record, behind 2016, the World Meteorological Organisation...

GENEVA  - The World Health Organisation on Wednesday (Dec 2) tightened guidelines on wearing face masks, recommending that, where Covid-19 is...

TOKYO - Japan aims to allow “large-scale” numbers of overseas visitors to attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics without mandatory vaccinations or...