Chinese President Xi Jinping had a day earlier said his nation sought a “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan.

Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine appears to be the world’s best defence against COVID-19, has been keeping poorer countries waiting and earning billions in profit.

Take it from someone who has been enjoying freedoms for months now: life snaps back quite rapidly.

The German authorities say they have the evidence to charge convicted sex offender Christian Brueckner.

On Taiwan’s 110th birthday, let’s celebrate the reality of its sovereignty.

The Bolshoi, one of Russia’s most prestigious theatres, said the incident occurred during a set change.

The resignation was designed to save his coalition government after he was placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption.

Russian authorities said on Saturday 29 people had died from alcohol poisoning this week in a region near Kazakhstan after consuming locally-produced spirits that contained methanol.

A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service to help protect women walking alone, an idea pitched amid ongoing outrage over the slayings of two young women who were targeted near their homes in ...

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has moved to ease anxiety and confusion in the city-state, maintaining it is still on track to “live with COVID” despite its troubles opening up.

Indonesian Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno hopes to have Australian travellers returning to a re-branded holiday island by the end of the year.

A vocal and influential group of chiropractors has been capitalising on the pandemic by sowing fear and mistrust of vaccines.

Extra shots wouldn’t have been needed “if more countries around the world had reciprocated by allowing UK volunteers to enjoy fully vaccinated status”.

France is Europe’s main breadbasket but half of its farmers are over 50 and set to retire in the coming decade, leaving nearly 160,000 farms up for grabs.

Though Warsaw and Brussels have been at loggerheads since Poland’s Law and Justice came to power in 2015, they are now on a full collision course.  

The lawsuit sparked a widespread debate about Subway’s tuna: whether it was 100 per cent wild-caught tuna, as the company claimed, or some other kind of fish. Or even fish at all.

The Polish government accuses Belarus of encouraging people from the Middle East and Africa to migrate in large numbers into the EU by entering Poland.

A blast at a mosque packed with Shiite Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan killed at least 46 people and wounded dozens more in the latest security challenge to the Taliban.

The former US president’s showcase hotel in Washington bled millions of dollars during his time in office even as he concealed payments from foreign governments, a US House of Representatives panel said.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their “courageous” defence of freedom of speech.

Putting the Morrison government in a difficult position, the former prime minister unloaded on the leadership of President Xi Jinping and accused Beijing of being a bully.

The British Prime Minister cheered up his party faithful this week but how much longer until his jokes fall flat?

The West’s unorthodox strategy reflects the dilemma it faces.

Her sweet nature and intelligence helped rangers understand the connection between humans and great apes.

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Researchers are excited by the discovery of layers of fine-grained clay and mudstones at the site because they could preserve traces of ancient life.

The Seawolf-class submarine’s nuclear propulsion plant was not affected, the US Navy said.

As QR code use becomes normalised in a pandemic world, the real privacy issue is the broader tracking apparatus the codes are part of.

Sources suggested the training predated the Joe Biden administration, which came into office in January.

The former president’s actions led to a near-revolt at the Justice Department that receded only after senior officials warned of a mass resignation, the report reveals.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech say their research shows that younger children should get one-third of the dose now given to everyone else.

Josef S, who is accused of contributing to the deaths of more than 3500 people in a Nazi concentration camp, shielded his face during the trial.

The author got the call from the Swedish Academy in the kitchen of his home in south-east England – and initially thought it was a prank.

At least 20 people have been reported dead with the toll expected to rise. More than 300 are reported injured.

The former prime minister said it was time for Australia to stand by the democratic island as it comes under daily threats from China. 

Boris Johnson, at a Tory conference, also claimed the AUKUS agreement with Australia would not have been possible if Britain was still in the EU.

One by one, countries like Singapore and Australia have decided that COVID zero is unsustainable, but China’s resolve to stamp out every infection appears to have only grown stronger.

“I think that’s a good thing,” says Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Sweden, Denmark and Norway based their decision on a study warning of “an increased risk of side effects such as inflammation of the heart muscle”.

Moscow’s mission to the alliance headquarters in Brussels would be halved “in response to suspected malign Russian activities, including killings and espionage”.

A century after the revolution, a new generation doesn’t wave red flags or speak in stale ideological jargon; it takes issue with Putin’s regime over corruption and poverty.

The WHO recommended that the world’s first malaria vaccine be given to children across Africa, in a move officials hope will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum carried out a “sustained campaign of intimidation and threat” during the custody battle over his children, England’s High Court has ruled.

The work of German scientist Benjamin List and Scotland-born scientist David W.C. MacMillan was “already benefiting humankind greatly”.

In a nation where the official COVID death toll is approaching 450,000, the payment has been agreed as a way to help families cope with their loss.

The former prime minister will meet with President Tsai Ing-Wen and her National Security Council to bolster Australia’s relationship with the democratic island.

The American academic who founded the course, looked out at 11 eager students. One wore a Yoko Ono T-shirt; another had a yellow submarine tattooed on his arm.

Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko blasted off for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov.

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