The rules add to Hong Kong's already strict distancing measures, including wearing masks while hiking and a ban on gatherings of more than two. "As we see a surge of people going to beaches, we have to take appropriate measures in order to protect ...

The country is one of the main transit routes for migrants making their way north in the hope of reaching the US, and the American government has tried to deter people without documents from reaching its southern border with Mexico. According to th...

In a must-win match after three successive defeats, England dismissed India for 134 in 36.2 overs at Mount Maunganui as spinner Charlie Dean took a career-best 4-23. The four-time champions made a poor start to the run chase and were two wickets do...

The park will stretch out from the port in Taranto, a city in the south blighted by a noxious steel plant and unemployment, but which now finds itself centre stage in the country's race to scale up green power. "This is a big chance to change heart...

Reflecting on the war and the massive refugee crisis it has created, Ai expressed fears for "our... so-called peaceful life since World War Two" "Suddenly we feel the... foundation is shaking of democracy and freedom," he told journalists in Vienn...

The only virus requirement for visitors will be a negative Covid test, the country's ministry of health said in a statement. The communist state's tourism sector was worth up to $32 billion a year before the pandemic, but it ground to a standstill ...

But many visitors currently on holiday in the area now fear they will be unable to return home because of extensive Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Restrictions on card payments and flight operations have also raised fears...

Health authorities said 400,741 cases were recorded, the country's highest daily figure since the pandemic began two years ago. The latest spike in cases is the "last biggest challenge" facing the country, Sohn Young-rae, a senior health official, ...

The British director, 81, practically defined the genre in the 1980s and 1990s with films like "9 1/2 Weeks" and "Indecent Proposal" -- and above all "Fatal Attraction" which gave the world the term "bunny-boiler". Now Lyne is back after a 20-year...

The country recorded 3,290 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, including 11 severe cases. The total was down on Tuesday's count of more than 5,000, but the highly transmissible variant is posing the sternest challenge yet to China's 'zero-Covid' strat...

The archipelago nation of 270 million people is motorbike mad -- many get around on two wheels -- and there is a palpable sense of excitement at the prospect of world-class racing returning. Even President Joko Widodo is a fan and tried out the Man...

Badosa, seeded fifth, saved five of the six break points she faced and kept last year's US Open runner-up under pressure -- converting three of her 12 break chances. "Today was very tough," said Badosa, who lifted the trophy last October in a tourn...

However, while the gains are keenly welcomed, further volatility is expected as Russia presses ahead with its war in Ukraine and the Federal Reserve starts its campaign of interest rate hikes to fight inflation. Trading screens were swathed in red ...

A video circulating on social media shows a hill's collapse, and the person filming can be heard screaming "No! God! It's all buried." Manuel Llempen, the governor of the La Libertad region where Retamas is located, told RPP radio that "the landsli...

Major League Soccer champions City, 3-1 up from the home leg last week, looked to be cruising into the last four after Taty Castellanos fired them into a 1-0 lead with a crucial away goal from a free-kick on 31 minutes. Andres Lezcano got Comunicac...