Werner turns down Europe q-final chance
BERLIN • Chelsea-bound Timo Werner opted not to feature for RB Leipzig in the Champions League quarter-finals in August, the Bundesliga club revealed on Thursday,...
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Asia’s deadliest roads are getting US$2.8 billion makeover
BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – The home to Asia’s deadliest roads may have found a way to make its highways safer using rubber – while helping the...
Australia’s Victoria state reinstates restrictions after spike in coronavirus cases
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Australia’s second most populous state announced on Saturday (June 20) it will reinstate tighter restrictions on home and public gatherings after logging...
Black Lives Matter leaves Australia grappling with its troubled past
SYDNEY – In the midst of recent anti-racism protests in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison controversially suggested that concerns about the legacy of historical and...
Australia under cyber attack from state actor, says PM
SYDNEY • Australia’s Prime Minister said yesterday that his country was under a broad cyber attack from a ”state-based actor” targeting government, public services and...
Coronavirus: South Africans rush to liquor stores as booze ban lifts
Scores of people lined up outside liquor stores in South Africa’s township of Soweto on Monday (June 1), waiting to buy drinks for the first...
Mike Pompeo makes first trip to Africa with conflicting US signals
“These three countries are major contributors to regional stability. Also, the countries are benefiting from dynamic leadership,” a senior State Department official said on customary...
Mexico, India, Ireland and Norway win seats on UN Security Council
Five of the 10 non-permanent seats in the 15-member council were up for election to two-year terms, starting Jan 1. Results for one of the...
Virus in every country in Africa, over 100,000 cases: WHO
PARIS • Africa has now recorded more than 100,000 cases of coro-navirus, according to an Agence France-Presse tally drawn from official figures on Friday. Across...
China-Africa summit a new opportunity for strengthened relations: China Daily
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The keynote speech President Xi Jinping delivered at the special China-Africa summit on fighting together against the Covid-19 on...