(FMT) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed legislation that will grant former presidents lifetime immunity once they leave office. The bill, which was published online Tuesday,…

(Reuters) - As Singapore prepares to roll out Covid-19 vaccinations its striking success in controlling the virus is making some question whether they should take the jabs. In a city-state…

(Reuters) - The World Health Organisation cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a…

(Bernama) - Prolonged lockdowns and social distancing measures are forecast to cap global gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year, making it unlikely that a return to pre-Covid-19 economy…

(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is likely to unveil proposed tariffs on Vietnamese goods before he leaves office in January, currency and trade experts say, after the US Treasury branded the…

(BBC) - There is growing international alarm over a new variant of the coronavirus in the UK, with a host of countries imposing travel bans. More than 40 have blocked flights or travel links…

(NST) - US lawmakers reached a deal on Sunday (Monday in Malaysia) for a nearly US$900 billion Covid-19 relief package for millions of Americans as the nation struggles against the world's largest…

(NST) - European countries banned travel from the UK on Sunday and the WHO called for stronger containment measures as the British government warned that a highly infectious new strain of the…

(NST) - Christmas trees and glittery ornaments are for sale at a Saudi gift shop, a once unthinkable sight in the cradle of Islam where all public non-Muslim worship is banned. In recent years,…

(The Star) - A devastating cyberattack on US government agencies has also hit targets worldwide, with the list of victims still growing, according to researchers, heightening fears over computer…

(BBC) - A stringent new Covid lockdown has come into force in London, parts of east and south-east England, and Wales. Some 21 million people who entered new restrictions at midnight are being…

(The Edge) - China said it has already administered more than 1 million coronavirus vaccines since July and plans a phased rollout going forward that will initially target workers at higher risk…

Thailand's biggest seafood market and the surrounding area were locked down on Saturday to contain a coronavirus outbreak, after the country's largest spike in cases since the pandemic began.…

(Borneo Post) - The US vice president received a Covid-19 vaccine shot live on television Friday in a public display designed to boost national confidence in the drug even as President Donald…

(Reuters) - Coronavirus vaccine approvals and rollouts have brought comfort and joy to many this Christmas but failed to halt new curbs on travel and family gatherings as Covid-19 cases rise…

(Bloomberg) - For all the talk of an economic decoupling between China and the US and its allies, foreign companies continue to pour money into the Asian nation. The coronavirus pandemic and…

(CNN) - China has become only the third country in the world to successfully collect rocks from the moon. In the early hours of Thursday morning Beijing time, the country's unmanned Chang'e-5…

(CNN) - French President Emmanuel Macron has a "fever" and is "tired coughing" after testing positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, according to an Élysée spokesperson. Macron will self-isolate…

(BBC) - More than 130,000 people have been vaccinated in the first week of the UK's vaccination programme. Minister Nadhim Zahawi, who is in charge of vaccine rollout, tweeted 137,897 people…

(NST) - In an apparent snub to its close ally China, Cambodia announced that it will not allow itself to become a guinea pig for any vaccines developed. Prime Minister Hun Sen said that even if…

(Al Jazeera) - International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have rejected calls by exiled Uighurs to investigate China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity, in a blow to the…

(GOV.UK) - The strain was identified due to Public Health England’s (PHE) proactive and enhanced monitoring following the increase in cases seen in Kent and London. The variant has been named ‘VUI…

(ST) - The move on Sunday (Dec 13) to permit Covid-19 vaccines for Muslims here, regardless of their ingredients, was an executive decision made by Singapore's Mufti, the highest Islamic authority…

(CNN) - President-elect Joe Biden has received enough electoral votes to officially clinch the presidency, a major milestone that he reached when California’s electors awarded him the state’s 55…

(CNN) - Indonesian police said they have arrested one of the most senior members of the al Qaeda-linked militant group Jemaah Islamiah suspected to be behind the 2002 bombings on the resort island…

(Reuters) - The share of Brazilians unwilling to take any COVID-19 vaccine grew to 22 per cent this week, from 9 per cent in August, and most said they would not accept one made in China, a new…

(ST) - A 30-year-old mother in North Sumatra has killed her three young children apparently because she could not bear the economic burden of caring for them. The woman and her husband live…

(ST) - South Korea's most notorious child rapist was pelted with eggs by an angry crowd who called for him to be castrated when he was released from prison on Saturday (Dec 12) after serving 12…

(Al Jazeera) - Prominent media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai appeared in court on Saturday to faces charges of colluding with foreign forces. The 73-year-old Lai struggled to…

(CNA) - Peru has temporarily suspended clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm after detecting neurological problems in one of its test volunteers. The…