New Zealand’s coronavirus elimination dream is dead. The government must now motivate more people to vaccinate.

The ailing Chinese property developer is looking to secure a rescue merger to avoid defaulting on billions of dollars worth of debt.

Taiwan has welcomed Australia’s decision to acquire nuclear submarines to defend the Indo-Pacific after China’s largest ever “military aggression” in the Taiwan Strait.

The country said it would soon cancel the vaccination passports of those who are eligible for, but have not yet received, a third vaccination shot.

Liaison officials from the South and North Korea exchanged messages over a cross-border channel on Monday morning, with more to come.

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Sisay Lemma had the best result of his career but was whisked off amid fears he could infect fellow medal holders with COVID.

Britain’s new Foreign Secretary says Britain and its allies must build a “Network of Liberty”.

Replica of famous statue will have buttocks hidden to respect Muslim culture.

The coronavirus has continued to spread even in this remote and highly vaccinated corner of Colorado.

In the battle over the South China Sea, a radio operator was hailed a hero on social media and lauded in local news reports as “the woman who made the Chinese ships go away”.

Coal is driving Beijing’s energy crisis, leaving behind some painful lessons for officials and businesses across the country.

Voters have backed a radical proposal to nationalise big landlords, in a bid to bring rents under control.

Facebook has been accused of making mistakes following the failed election bid of Donald Trump, which ultimately led it to be used in the storming of the US Capitol.

Prince Andrew’s ex-wife has been linked to his sex abuse case due to the Duke’s alibi that he was at a Pizza Express with family members at the time of the alleged offence.

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Blotted out words from hundreds-year old letters have been revealed by scientists with groundbreaking new X-ray imaging.

The milestone is deeply frustrating to doctors, public health officials and the American public, who watched a pandemic that had been easing earlier in the summer take a dark turn.

The images were taken as part of an ambitious attempt by scientists to investigate the planet closest to the Sun.

The results may also explain why the Delta variant is so contagious - and why it displaced all other versions of the virus.

The world needs to send a powerful message to the Taliban that their actions — not their words — are under a microscope. 

The world’s attention will be focused on Scotland for next month’s climate summit, Queen Elizabeth told Scottish lawmakers on Saturday, adding that they would have an important role making a better, healthier world.

The surprise move by Duterte has fuelled speculation he was clearing the way for his daughter to run for office and succeed him.

Experts have hailed is as a potential breakthrough in the treatment of the disease, although the study has not been peer reviewed and is yet to be approved for use.

China sent 18 J-16 and four Su-30 fighter jets, two nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, an anti-submarine aircraft and another 13 planes into Taiwanese airspace on its National Day.

Suu Kyi faces charges of accepting bribes, conspiring to carry out corruption in real estate, plus sedition, flouting COVID-19 restrictions and importing walkie-talkies.

The former US president claims Twitter cancelled his account under pressure from his political rivals over the Capitol riot.

“The Romanovs are back,” a conservative Russian news outlet announced as the old Imperial capital welcomed a royal wedding that did not impress Vladimir Putin.

Children attending school in California will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 once the shots are federally approved for their age groups, the Governor announced.

Sienna Elizabeth is Queen Elizabeth II’s 12th great-grandchild.

Joe Biden knows the gridlock at the Democrat-controlled House is reinforcing perceptions that his presidency is adrift and that he has lost control of events.

In south-east Asia, schools have been closed for as long as 18 months due to the pandemic but as some finally reopen, many children will not return.

One of France’s biggest unsolved criminal cases appears to have been cracked – and the decades-long hunt has led to a former police officer.

The couple will wed on October 26 and register their marriage in a local government office, after Princess Mako leaves the royal family forever.

The daughter of the original owner, a wealthy arts patron, sold the Camille Pissarro for a few hundred dollars to secure her escape from Berlin in 1939.

Things can’t get much worse for Britain’s opposition but, after two crushing losses in a row, leader Keir Starmer believes it can revive its 1990s momentum.

It charts the 25 years since Diana’s death: from the Queen’s “loosening grip” on the institution, to the Sussexes’ departure and Andrew’s troubles.

Some progressive Democrats have vowed to vote against the bill to invest in the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

The country is dismantling its vaccine centres. Lisbon is triumphant: a city of live music and partying. But it’s not enough.

An heir to the Romanovs returns to St Petersburg for a lavish two-day ceremony.

Images circulating on social media showed dozens of bodies in the prison’s pavilions in what authorities say was the worst prison bloodbath ever in the country.

The elderly woman, who was due in court to face more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder, left her home near Hamburg in a taxi a few hours before her trial was due to start.

Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted and sentenced to a year of house arrest for illegal campaign financing of his unsuccessful 2012 re-election bid, but will appeal the ruling.

After a record-breaking flight to Australia, the Avro Vulcan - then the largest swept-wing aircraft in the world - crashed on landing at London airport, killing four.

Wayne Couzens has been given a whole-life sentence for the murder of Sarah Everard after abducting her as she was walking home.

It can mean the weather’s hot, but could also convey pandemic exhaustion, climate anxiety or the brave face we put on when things get difficult or embarrassing.

Home to 650 million people, the region risks “being left behind if we do not act now”, says a report by Bain and Co, Microsoft and Singapore’s Temasek.

The gap in New Zealand’s anti-terror laws had been widely blamed for this month’s Islamic State-inspired knife attack at an Auckland supermarket.

And it didn’t lose it in the past few months, its defeat goes back to the Trump-Taliban deal and further, top US military chiefs said.

Mohib Ullah’s high profile made him a target of hardliners. “If I die, I’m fine. I will give my life,” he said in 2019.