(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…

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site on Friday and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers.…

(CNA) - The Philippines health ministry said on Wednesday (Feb 24) it will investigate the illegal use of unauthorised COVID-19 vaccines, after a presidential adviser admitted to receiving shots…

(CNA) - President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would seek funding for legislation to supercharge chip manufacturing in the United States as a shortfall of semiconductors has forced U.S.…

(Business Insider) - As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China. There, I was the Australian representative on the international World Health Organization's…

(CNA) - It’s no surprise Myanmar’s coup is testing the patience of the international community. Protesters have called for external intervention, following three deaths. After being sprayed by…

(Reuters) - England’s coronavirus vaccine campaign is significantly reducing cases of Covid-19, with a drop of around 70% in infections among healthcare workers who have had a first dose of the…

(The Sun Daily) - Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi (pix) said yesterday the United States and China could work together on various issues if they repaired their damaged bilateral relations, but…

(CNA) - All adults in Britain will be offered a first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday (Feb 20) ahead of a planned announcement on the…

(FMT) - Thailand is promoting cannabis as a cash crop for the country’s farmers as another source of income, a senior official said on Sunday. “Everybody has the right to grow marijuana by…

(Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Thailand's parliament after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha and nine ministers survived a parliamentary no-confidence motion on Saturday (Feb…

(The Star) - Covid-19 vaccinations for people aged 60 to 69 will start around the end of March, with the rest of the population to follow suit in April, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Friday…

(CNA) - Indonesia's capital Jakarta is threatening residents with fines of up to 5 million rupiah (US$356.89) for refusing COVID-19 vaccines, an unusually stiff penalty aimed at ensuring…

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that owning bitcoin was only a little better than holding conventional cash, but that the slight difference made it a better asset to hold.…

(Reuters) - Rich countries are on course to have over a billion more doses of COVID-19 vaccines than they need, leaving poorer nations scrambling for leftover supplies as the world seeks to curb…

The blocks mean that internationally people can't access domestic Australian news content, and domestically Australians can't access any news content at all. (Yahoo News) - Facebook has been…

In a shocking act of retaliation Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news, a milestone in the increasingly frantic jockeying between governments, media and powerful tech companies…

(ST) - In the coming weeks, a small, carefully selected group of volunteers is expected to arrive on the 11th floor of a London hospital to be given what the rest of the world's 7.8 billion people…

(The Sun Daily) - Hackers attacked military-run government websites in Myanmar today as a cyber war erupted after authorities shut down the internet for a fourth straight night. A group called…

(FMT) - Singapore on Tuesday unveiled a fresh multi-billion dollar package to help pandemic-battered businesses and fund a vaccination drive, as part of the city state’s annual budget. The…

(BBC) - The daughter of Dubai's ruler who tried to flee the country in 2018 later sent secret video messages to friends accusing her father of holding her "hostage" as she feared for her life.…

(BBC) - Canada has secured the world's largest number of potential Covid vaccine doses per capita - but it's struggling to get its hands on some of those doses and to get jabs into arms. On…

(Bloomberg) - The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway. More than 176 million doses have been administered across 78 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. The latest…

(The Sun Daily) - WHO experts voiced frustration yesterday at lacking access to raw data while in China probing the pandemic’s origins, saying more was needed to detect possible early Covid cases.…

(NST) - Donald Trump was acquitted on Saturday (Sunday in Malaysia) on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol, after a majority of Senate Republicans closed ranks and refused to…

(Reuters) - Britain’s economy will narrowly dodge a double-dip recession and will have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels within two years, according to economists in a Reuters poll who said the Bank…

China’s broadcasting regulator yesterday banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines after a controversial report on its treatment of the country’s Uighur minority. (MMO) - The…

(Reuters) - The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing Covid-19, the head of the…