(NST) - The steroid dexamethasone was shown on Tuesday to be the first drug to significantly reduce the risk of death among severe Covid-19 cases, in trial results hailed as a "major breakthrough"…

(FMT) - Rohingya refugees attempting to reach Malaysia by boat from Bangladesh are being held hostage by human traffickers who have demanded large ransoms from their relatives with threats of…

(Reuters) - China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market, although experts say the fish itself is unlikely…

An estimated 1.7 billion people – more than 20 percent of the world's population – risk becoming severely infected with COVID-19 due to underlying health problems such as obesity and heart…

(The Nation Thailand) - Though the Finance Ministry is worried about the fast rising baht, the Thailand central bank assures that the baht is only strengthening in line with regional currencies.…

(NST) - Market observers are upbeat about demand for Malaysia's palm oil from India and China due to current low stocks there and attractive crude palm oil price discount against other edible…

(BBC) - Pent-up demand has prompted queues at some shops as rules are relaxed in England after a three month lockdown. Long queues were reported outside Primark shops in London and Birmingham…

(CNA) - Thousands marched in cities around the world for a second week of rallies on Saturday (Jun 13) to support the US Black Lives Matter movement, but also to highlight problems in…

A Pakistani artist puts the final touches on a mural of George Floyd, the African American whose killing by a white police officer has ignited protests against racism around the world. – AFP photo…

(The Star) - Twitter said on June 12 that it had deleted more than 170,000 accounts linked to a Chinese government disinformation campaign that targeted Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and…

(The Sun Daily) - Parts of Beijing were placed under lockdown on Saturday as six new domestic coronavirus cases were reported, fuelling fears of a resurgence in local transmission. People were…

(Reuters) - Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4% in April from March as the country spent the month in a tight coronavirus lockdown, official data showed on Friday in what is likely to be…

(AFP) - The United States has recorded another 941 Covid-19 coronavirus-related fatalities in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's death toll so far to 113,774, according to a tally by Johns…

(Reuters) - A group of protesters pulled down a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday, the latest U.S. monument to be torn down amid nationwide…

(FMT) - Australian officials warned supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday they could be fined or arrested if they breach coronavirus restrictions to take part in…

(AFP) - Layoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic reached 44.2 million in the United States even as businesses try to reopen, with analysts warning of continuing damage to the world's largest…

(BBC) - The brother of the African American man whose death in police custody has sparked global protests, has urged the US Congress to pass reforms on police brutality and "stop the pain".…

(Bloomberg) - Nothing lasts forever. This week, the organisation that serves as the arbiter of America’s business cycles determined that the United States economy’s expansion came to an end in…

(Jakarta Post) - A recent study that examined the COVID-19 safety and risk assessment of countries around the world has put Indonesia in 97th position, which is a relatively low score. The…

(This June 9 story corrects to remove reference to speaking with Gupta at his office) (Reuters) - A little-known Indian IT firm offered its hacking services to help clients spy on more than…

(Forbes) - New claims that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was engineered have been dismissed by scientific and intelligence experts. The authors of a British-Norwegian vaccine study—accepted…

Beijing is intensifying its appeal to nationalism in an attempt to rally its citizens against perceived external threats and shift local anger about the Covid-19 pandemic beyond its borders,…

Beijing warned on Monday there has been "a lot of discrimination" against Chinese people in Australia, escalating a diplomatic row just days after telling its citizens not to travel there.…

(FMT) - Brazil removed from public view months of data on its Covid-19 epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the world’s…

(The Star) - China has suspended debt repayment for 77 developing countries as part of its efforts to help underprivileged nations in the fight against Covid-19. However, it did not reveal the…

(Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said he would consider changes to the policy that led the company to leave up controversial posts by President Donald Trump during recent…

(Xinhua) - Authorities in Thailand have been reinstructed to see to it that no alcoholic beverages are provided for drinking on the premises of any restaurants, or else they might be immediately…

(Bloomberg) - At the height of last year’s protests in Hong Kong, Daniel Wong Kwok-tung regularly received late-night requests from a mysterious group known as Spark Alliance to provide legal…

(BBC) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed its advice on face masks, saying they should be worn in public to help stop the spread of coronavirus. The global body said new…

(Reuters) - China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday (Jun 5) advised the public to avoid travelling to Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against the Chinese in…