(CNA) - Manchester United have an imbalanced squad and the team are "scrappy and scruffy" to watch, former defender Gary Neville said after Saturday's 4-2 Premier League defeat at Leicester City.…

"There is a tendency to set the volume high so that the call to prayer can be heard by as many worshippers as possible from far away because they consider it a symbol of greatness in Islam"…

The opposition says Malaysia must follow Singapore’s example of good governance. If Malaysia was more like Singapore, they say, then Malaysia would be a better country. Malaysia should also pass a…

Switzerland is the world’s 30th country to adopt same-sex marriages, and one of the last remaining western European nations to do so. The Netherlands was the first in 2001. (MSN News) -…

What makes us great: Manchester sure is a resilient place. All things considered, we’ve thrived over the past year – with communities here really banding together through the toughest of times.…

(Daily Express) - The head of the WHO in Europe has expressed doubts about vaccines' ability to put an end to the Covid pandemic, as new variants dash hopes of reaching herd immunity. Faced…

(BBC) - A US doctor is urging people to stop taking the horse deworming drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19. Patients have been needing urgent treatment at emergency units in Oklahoma hospitals…

(AFP) - The hardline Islamist Taliban celebrated their total return to power today with gunfire and diplomacy, after the last US troops flew out of Afghanistan to end two decades of war. The…

(CNA) - COVID-19 cases are set to "rise substantially" in Sydney in the coming weeks despite a prolonged lockdown, authorities said on Tuesday (Aug 17), warning soaring infections have already put…

Greensill: David Cameron 'made $10m' before company’s collapse (BBC) - David Cameron made about $10m (£7m) from Greensill Capital before the finance company collapsed, documents obtained by BBC…

The pandemic is not coming to an end soon — given that only a small proportion of the world's population has been vaccinated, said Larry Brilliant, a well-known epidemiologist.…

Public health experts warn that ‘vaccines do not eliminate all risk’ amid early signs jabs may not stop Delta transmission. (Aljazeera) - Hundreds of fully vaccinated people in England have been…

(CNA) - The British government on Monday (Jul 19) lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing in a step slammed by some as a dangerous leap into the…

(AFP) - Australia’s two largest cities are set to stay under tight Covid-19 restrictions as Melbourne on Monday extended a five-day snap lockdown designed to curb a virulent outbreak. “These…

(AFP) - The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing in a step slammed by scientists and opposition parties as a…

(Reuters) - In India’s capital, Delhi, thousands of commuters crowded into underground train stations and shopping malls on Tuesday, prompting some doctors to warn it could lead to a resurgence in…

(BBC) - The final stage of easing lockdown restrictions in England is to be delayed until 19 July. It means most remaining curbs on social contact will continue beyond 21 June, when they had…

(The Sun Daily) - Leading EU countries said yesterday they would resume AstraZeneca vaccinations after the European medical regulator said the jab is “safe and effective” and not associated with a…

(Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers, professors and actor Daniel Dae Kim said the Asian-American community was reeling from a year of heightened anti-Asian attacks in a congressional hearing held just days…

North Korea said it would sever diplomatic relations with Malaysia after a court there ruled that a North Korean man could be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges, in a…

(Daily Mail) - The EU has presented plans to issue 'digital green certificates' allowing its 450million people to travel freely across the bloc this summer. The scheme, which will be discussed…

(Bloomberg) - U.S. has been rocked by yet another mass killing — the shooting of eight people at massage parlors in Atlanta. But this one is even more ominous than usual, because six of the…

(FMT) - Dressed in his army uniform, Shing Ling flashes a three-finger salute for defiant social media posts after deserting Myanmar’s military to join the democracy movement. The 30-year-old…

(Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha became the first person to be inoculated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the Southeast Asian country on Tuesday after the rollout had…

(NST) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister slammed the US and South Korea on Tuesday, state media reported, as the new US secretaries of state and defence began a visit to Tokyo…

(NST) - The EU's largest countries joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs on Monday over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organisation and Europe's medicines…

(Bloomberg) - The China-made vaccine is becoming the ticket to enter the mainland. China said it will ease visa application requirements for foreigners seeking to enter the mainland from Hong Kong…

(The Sun Daily) - Britain’s prime minister vowed on Sunday to take action to better protect women after a national outpouring of grief and outrage over the death of a woman who went missing after…