Lost at sea for 29 days, two Solomon Islanders survived on coconuts, oranges and prayers before being rescued 400 kilometres (250 miles) away off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The two men were travelling between islands in the notoriously unpredi...

Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa on Saturday said her Nobel Peace Prize was for "all journalists around the world", as she vowed to continue her battle for press freedom. Ressa, co-founder of news website Rappler, and Russian journalist Dm...

Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa on Saturday said her Nobel Peace Prize was for "all journalists around the world", as she vowed to continue her battle for press freedom. "This is really for all journalists around the world," Ressa, a voca...

Fiji will ease Covid-19 restrictions and announce its reopening for international travel after the country hit a vaccination milestone Saturday. Changes to the country's virus restrictions would be announced on Sunday afternoon after 80 percent of ...

China's President Xi Jinping said Saturday "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan "will be and can be realised", days after Chinese warplanes made record incursions into the air defence zone of the democratically ruled island. Self-governed Taiwan, w...

For more than 50 years, Ng Hong-lim has led celebrations in Hong Kong to mark Taiwan's national day -– but this year he fears doing so could get him arrested. "I don't think there will be another chance," Ng sighed. "It's really regrettable." O...

A US federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas could resume its ban on most abortions, two days after another court suspended the ban. The decision by the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily set aside Wednesday's ruling...

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Friday evening to discuss Chinese commercial practices that Washington deems unfair. "During their candid exchange, Ambassador Tai and Vice Premier Liu acknowledged the...

Emma Raducanu crashed out of the WTA Indian Wells tournament in the second round, losing in her first match since her stunning US Open triumph to Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-4 on Friday. Britain's Raducanu looked rusty in her first time back on th...

With a big wheel, music and an appearance by CEO Elon Musk, Tesla is pulling out all the stops Saturday to win over opponents of the electric carmaker's controversial new "gigafactory" near Berlin. Construction had begun under an exceptional proced...

Utah land rich in dinosaur fossils has regained protection stripped away by former President Donald Trump, easing fears that they would be ravaged by mining and other commercial activity. "Close to 10 percent of all dinosaurs known in the world are...

France have got their groove back as they prepare for the Nations League final against Spain on the back of a thrilling comeback win over Belgium which helped ease the pain of a poor Euro 2020. Down by two goals at half-time on Thursday following q...

South Korea's Im Sung-jae grabbed six birdies in his six-under par 65 on Friday to seize a share of the halfway lead alongside Chad Ramey at the US PGA Tour Shriners Children's Hospital Open. Im and Ramey both started the day two strokes behind Sou...

Starving microorganisms capable of surviving in extreme conditions have already managed to "eat" a nail in just three days. In Chile, a scientist is testing "metal-eating" bacteria she hopes could help clean up the country's highly-polluting mining...

When Star Trek first aired in 1966, America was still three years away from putting people on the Moon and the idea that people could one day live and work in space seemed like a fantasy. On October 12, William Shatner -- Captain James T. Kirk to T...