Asia Pacific
Sydney kicks off the New Year party in vintage style as South Africa offers Omicron ...
Australians bade farewell to 2021 with a traditional fireworks display over Sydney harbour as good news from South Africa – the first ...South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after being convicted of corruption, fuelling debate ...European Union mulls arms embargo, more sanctions on Myanmar after ‘appalling’ violence
The European Union is ready to impose further sanctions on Myanmar after a new escalation of violence by the army and is ...COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022 if global vaccination increases, WHO says
The acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic could end next year but the coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization’s Mike ...Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy Stand News outlet, arrest six
Hundreds of Hong Kong national security police raided the office of online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News on Wednesday and arrested six ...Malaysia lifts travel ban on 8 African countries
Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries that had first reported the Omicron variant of the coronvirus, citing ...South Korea authorises emergency use of Pfizer’s oral coronavirus treatment
South Korea authorised for emergency use Pfizer’s (PFE.N) antiviral pills targeting COVID-19 as the first of its kind to be introduced in South Korea, ...World economy to top $100 trillion in 2022 for first time
The world’s economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer ...Christmas weekend sees thousands of flights cancelled globally
Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven ...Myanmar airstrikes displace more people along Thai-Myanmar border
Myanmar’s military carried out more airstrikes on a rebel-controlled area near the Thai border, the rebel group said on Friday, in the ...














