International

India is set to reopen its borders to overseas travellers as it relaxes Covid-related restrictions amid a drop in daily infections. Starting Friday, the country will grant tourist visas to travellers arriving on chartered…

Former US President Bill Clinton has been receiving hospital treatment in California for a "non-Covid-related infection". Clinton, 75, is "on the mend" and "in good spirits" after being admitted to UC Irvine Medical Center on…

Rising prices, product shortages and labor market tumult are making for a surprisingly rocky economic recovery, testing the political skills of the Biden White House little more than one year before the midterm congressional elections.…

The Biden administration announced on Thursday a plan to develop large-scale wind farms along nearly the entire coastline of the United States, the first long-term strategy from the government to produce electricity from offshore…

It is “quite possible” that the WTI Crude Oil prices reach US$ 100 per barrel in light of growing global demand for energy commodities, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on a CNBC Panel at the Russian Energy Week on Wednesday.…

China is preparing to test tens of thousands of blood bank samples from the city of Wuhan as part of a probe into the origins of Covid-19, according to a Chinese official. The move comes amid increasing calls for transparency over the…

UN: Warning that Afghanistan is facing “a make-or-break moment,” the United Nations chief on Monday urged the world to prevent the country’s economy from collapsing. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also appealed to the Taliban…

NEPAL: At least 32 people have been killed and many others injured in a bus crash in north-west Nepal, Police say. The vehicle was travelling through Mugu district when it left the road and plunged down a hillside shortly after…

IRAQ: Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s party was the biggest winner in an Iraqi election on Monday, increasing the number of seats he holds in parliament, according to initial results, officials and a spokesperson for the Sadrist…

BRAZIL: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he did not want to be “bored” with questions about the milestone of 600,000 COVID-19 deaths that Latin America’s biggest country passed a few days ago. Bolsonaro’s…