Blinken headed for the Asia-Pacific on Tuesday aiming to shore up regional partnerships in the face of an expansive China, even as the crisis on Ukraine's border simmers.

Hong Kong has followed mainland China in maintaining a strict "zero-Covid" policy that has kept infections low through targeted lockdowns and extensive social distancing measures. On Tuesday the city recorded 625 new infections, a daily record but ...

Vlhova clocked a combined total of 1min 44.98sec over the two runs to edge Austria's reigning world champion Katharina Liensberger into silver by eight-hundredths of a second, with Switzerland's Wendy Holdener claiming bronze at 0.12sec. Shiffrin, ...

To illustrate its newfound optimism, the Communist Party of France (PCF) has picked the most upbeat slogan in the campaign so far: "Happy Days for France" -- a reference to a French Resistance manifesto during World War II, from which it emerged as ...

A cautious Macron, saying he is preoccupied with the Covid pandemic and averting war between Russia and Ukraine, has kept his powder dry by refraining from officially declaring himself a candidate ahead of the first round of voting on April 10. Thi...

Taiwan and Somaliland are both thriving, self-run democracies that remain mostly unrecognised by the wider world. Finding common ground in their peculiar and isolated international status, the two have forged strong ties since swapping de facto em...

The three-time champion will retire from competition after the Games and the 35-year-old looked in danger of going out with a whimper after fluffing his first run, falling over and scoring just 24.25 to leave him a lowly 19th. With only the top 12 ...

The Russian team won the gold medal with the United States taking silver and Japan bronze, but the ceremony was removed from its scheduled slot on Tuesday. International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams cited a "legal consultation" with the s...

While international tensions have soared in recent months over fears Moscow could stage a full-scale invasion, the looming threat of the Russians has been with the Ukrainian forces protecting the frontier a lot longer. Eight years ago, before the ...

Booker scored a game-high 35 points and Bridges finished with 23 as the NBA-leading Suns improved to 44-10 with 22 victories on the road in front of a crowd of 20,700 at Wells Fargo Center arena. "Our goal is what everybody knows it is," coach Mont...

Former government aide Brittany Higgins -- whose allegation she was raped in parliament sparked national protests -- said "too little has changed" since she went public a year ago. In a widely watched speech, Higgins was sorrowful and withering abo...

US banking giant Citi's decision to exit Mexican consumer banking by selling its Banamex unit has triggered worries not just about the employees but also its treasure trove of art. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants the Banamex col...

The rainbow-haired Spiteri, who was born in California, has Maltese heritage and is the only athlete representing Malta in the Chinese capital. She has more than 30,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel and said Wednesday she has been up until "f...

The World Health Organization said the rapid cash injection into its Access to Covid Tools Accelerator could finish off Covid as a global health emergency this year. The WHO-led ACT-A is aimed at developing, producing, procuring and distributing to...

Six gold medals were up for grabs on the fifth day of full competition in the Chinese capital, with Birk Ruud taking home one of them after a dominant victory in the freestyle skiing Big Air -- even holding a Norwegian flag for his third jump. But ...