China on Friday said it will "no longer recognise" the British National (Overseas) passport for Hong Kongers, as Britain prepares to offer millions of former colonial subjects a way to escape Beijing's crackdown on dissent. From Sunday, those with ...

Riqui Puig scored his first goal for Barcelona against Elche last weekend after being circled as one of the world's most exciting talents almost a decade ago. In 2014, the Barcelona newspaper Mundo Deportivo revelled in the 14-year-old born in Cata...

Lawyers have filed a last-ditch attempt to overturn the acquittal of a British-born militant convicted of masterminding the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, a government prosecutor said Friday. Pakistan's top court on Thursday dism...

South Korean entrepreneur Lee Jung-soo was prepared for a two-week quarantine in a tiny Hong Kong hotel as a price to pay to start her new life, but its sudden extension by seven days filled her with anxiety. Hong Kong increased its mandatory coron...

China on Friday said it will "no longer recognise" the British National (Overseas) passport for Hong Kongers, as Britain prepares to open its doors to millions more residents of the former colony following a security crackdown by Beijing. The Chine...

Indian authorities cut power and water to a farmers' protest camp on Friday and stepped up police pressure after a violent rally in the capital -- but hundreds more arrived on tractors to reinforce the campaign against rural reforms. With thousands...

Debutant Nauman Ali took five wickets and fellow spinner Yasir Shah grabbed four to spin Pakistan to within 66 runs of victory in the first Test against South Africa in Karachi on Friday. Nauman finished with 5-35 and Yasir took 4-79 as South Afric...

European regulators were expected to announce Friday if they have approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus shot, as concerns grew around the world over the effectiveness of vaccines against new variants of the deadly pathogen. Scientists are con...

Sales of smartphones made by Chinese telecom giant Huawei plunged in the latest quarter of 2020 as they were hit by US sanctions on its suppliers, research firm Canalys said on Friday. Domestic sales fell 44 percent to 18.8 million units in October...

More than a dozen embassies, including the US and EU delegation, Friday urged Myanmar to "adhere to democratic norms", joining the UN in a chorus of international concern about a possible coup. Myanmar is just a decade out of nearly 50 years of mil...

China exported more than 220 billion face masks last year, the commerce ministry said Friday, the equivalent of nearly 40 per person outside China as demand for protective gear skyrocketed during the coronavirus pandemic. Shifting billions of dolla...

The Sundance Film Festival, forced online this year by the pandemic, quietly opened to a virtual "standing ovation" for deaf family drama "CODA" Thursday. Taking its title from an acronym for child of deaf adult, "CODA" follows high-school teen Rub...

Wayne Ellington continued his hot hand, scoring 20 points as the Detroit Pistons rebounded from their worst loss of the season with a 107-92 upset of the reigning NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday. Centre Mason Plumlee finished with 17 po...

The Carolina Hurricanes second attempt at starting the season got off to a rousing start on Thursday following an unexpected layoff due to coronavirus concerns. Martin Necas scored 72 seconds into overtime to break a scoreless tie as the short-hand...

A Tibetan activist sentenced to five years in prison by Chinese authorities for "inciting separatism" after appearing in a New York Times documentary has been released from jail, his lawyer said Friday. Tashi Wangchuk was sentenced in 2018 after pr...