(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Wednesday to one of the largest economic stimulus measures in American history, a sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill…

(The Star) - China has rolled out an international vaccine health certificate in anticipation that it will be recognised by other countries soon, making global travel easier. The country is…

(Malay Mail) - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth was in crisis talks today after Prince Harry and his wife Meghan lifted the lid on life inside Buckingham Palace with an explosive interview that…

(The Sun Daily) - For the first time in nearly three and a half months, the United States recorded fewer than 1,000 deaths in a day from Covid-19 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University.…

(The Guardian) - Myanmar’s military junta has revoked the licences of five media outlets as it seeks to clampdown on independent coverage of anti-coup protests, a major blow to press freedom in…

(Global Daily) - Is English really that important? A Chinese lawmaker at the two sessions has proposed removing English as a core subject for Chinese students receiving compulsory education,…

(Bloomberg) - Brent oil surged above $71 a barrel after Saudi Arabia said the world’s largest crude terminal was attacked, although output appeared to be unaffected after the missiles and drones…

World food prices spiked for the ninth consecutive month to hit a six year-high in February, led by sugar and vegetable oils, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of…

A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new minarets.…

The U.S. and China are vying to control the world’s digital infrastructure, and the new “Peace Cable” has Europe caught in the middle. (Bloomberg) - An undersea cable will emerge later this year…

(Bloomberg) - President Joe Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill passed the Senate 50-49 on Saturday following a more than 25-hour marathon of amendment votes completed after…

(The Star) - On behalf of 70 countries, a representative of Belarus to the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council expressed support to China’s implementation of “one country, two systems” in…

(CBS) - Demonstrators in Myanmar protesting last month's military coup returned to the streets Thursday, undaunted by the killing of at least 38 people the previous day by security forces. A…

(Reuters) - Pope Francis began a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a land torn by sectarianism and…

(FMT) - Myanmar’s military rulers attempted to move about US$1 billion held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York days after seizing power on Feb 1, prompting US officials to put a freeze on the…

(Reuters) - Elections for Hong Kong's legislature will likely be deferred for a second year to September 2022 as Beijing plans a major overhaul of the city's electoral system, a severe blow to any…

(FMT) - One in five Chinese Australians say they have been physically threatened or attacked in the past year because of the Covid-19 pandemic and tensions in Australia’s relationship with China,…

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's health ministry has ruled that only people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to attend the haj this year, Saudi newspaper Okaz reported on Monday…

(CNA) - Myanmar's ousted President Win Myint is facing two new charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday (Mar 3), including a breach of the constitution that is punishable by up to three years in…

(Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions to punish Russia for what it described as Moscow’s attempt to poison opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent last year, in…

(SCMP) - The number of new coronavirus infections globally rose last week for the first time in seven weeks, the World Health Organization said on Monday. “We need to have a stern warning for…

(Al Jazeera) - A Paris court has found Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former president, guilty of corruption and influence peddling, sentencing him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended…

(Nikkei) - A Vietnamese pharmaceutical company has begun second phase trials on a coronavirus vaccine, an important step toward Hanoi's goal of vaccine independence from China amid rising…

(NST) - The latest Covid-19 outbreak in Cambodia involving Chinese nationals has led to increased prejudices and castigation against the Chinese community in the capital Phnom Penh. Since a…

(NST) - Donald Trump returned to the spotlight on Sunday (Monday in Malaysia) telling enthusiastic conservatives that he may run for president again in 2024, as he sought to reassert his dominance…

(Reuters) - President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats face…

(Reuters) - The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the…

(BBC) - The US has carried out an air strike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, in the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration. The Pentagon said the strike destroyed…

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to US intelligence released yesterday as the United States…

(CNA) - Hong Kong began administering its first COVID-19 vaccines to the public on Friday (Feb 26), kicking off its programme offering free vaccinations to all 7.5 million residents. People age…