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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lauded her nation's close ties with Australia as she and Prime Minister Scott Morrison held formal bilateral talks in Queenstown. "The trans-Tasman relationship as we have said many times is…

KUALA LUMPUR – American tire manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is facing accusations of unpaid wages, unlawful overtime and threats to foreign workers at its Malaysian factory, according to court documents and complaints…

Nagoya – This is the final entry in a three-part series on housing for foreign residents in Japan.By the most recent statistics — as well as by an overwhelming evidence of lived experience — landlords refuse non-Japanese renters in…

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Work is reportedly underway for a travel exemption that would let the winner of the NHL's all-Canadian division and a U.S. counterpart cross the border during the third and final rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Two federal government…

Scientists are hunting for a Chinese woman dubbed "Patient Su" who may be the first person to have contracted coronavirus. The 61-year-old has reportedly been traced back to an address three miles from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where…

German star Alexander Zverev has brazenly declared he doesn’t care about getting fined every match over a pre-match threat.Alexander Zverev has launched his own bizarre boycott at the French Open, refusing to show up on time for the start…

Paris – Naomi Osaka’s return to the French Open was triumphant as she won her first-round match over Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday in straight sets. But Osaka did not emerge unscathed from the tournament’s opening day.She was fined…

It has been 10 years or so since the government launched its Cool Japan marketing strategy abroad and, in spite of some criticism, there are certainly a few key elements that can be held up as examples of the program’s success.The…

Naomi Osaka may be thrown out of the French Open as her pledge to honour a pre-tournament boycott continues to make waves.Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka has spoken out after being threatened with disqualification from the French Open if she…

Two hundred students have reportedly been kidnapped from a school in Nigeria - the latest in a long string of abductions. One person was shot dead while another was seriously wounded during the raid an Islamic school in Tegina, in the…

Houston, May 30: George Floyd's family is holding a concert on Sunday evening in Houston, where he grew up, to mark the anniversary of his death. Floyd's family will join Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, voting…

Beaming British tourists have bounced back into Benidorm despite UK government advice to stay away. As of last Monday the Spanish government allowed Brits in without needing a negative Covid test - but the country remains on the UK’s…

Colombo, May 30: Disclosure of procurement price of China's Sinopharm vaccine in Sri Lanka has sparked a row after reports emerged that Colombo had to shell out a higher per-dose price than its fellow South Asian…

By her eighth year in the RCMP, Const. Kerri McKee of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan thought she was used to the insults and small acts of aggression that came with being both an Indigenous woman and a police officer. That…

Tripoli, May 30:: A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Libyan Air Force crashed on Saturday during a military parade in Benghazi, the second-most populous city in the country, killing the pilot, a military source told…

'Mehul Choksi Might Have Taken His Girlfriend on Romantic Trip to Dominica And Got Caught', Says Antiguan PM Gaston Browne:  Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne has said that diamantaire Mehul Choksi might have…

One of Twitch's newest and perhaps most controversial channels is dedicated to female video gamers live streaming their game play from hot tubs. But sandwiched in between those videos, and as one of the most-viewed streams on that channel,…

Beijing, May 30: After the new census showed a fall in the fertility rate of China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is facing a significant challenge as it seeks to fill the need of hundreds of thousands of new…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is looking to the G7 to come to an agreement on implementing vaccine passports and to start discussions on a global pandemic preparedness treaty at next month's meeting in the United Kingdom.…

Riyadh, May 30: Excluding Pakistan, Saudi Arabia has allowed people from 11 countries to travel to the middle eastern country as it lifted travel ban from Sunday that was imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, Gulf…

The Ontario government will replace Dr. David Williams as chief medical officer of health in June, the province's health minister announced on Sunday. Williams is set to retire on June 25, Christine Elliott said in a news release. He will…

Karachi, May 30: The chief engineer of Guddu Barrage in Pakistan's Sindh province has advised growers not to go for paddy sowing in May and June as the barrage as well as the province are experiencing 'worst water…

CAIRO – Egypt’s work to broker and secure a truce in the Gaza Strip this month has thrust it into the diplomatic spotlight, prompting top-level re-engagement from Washington and overshadowing moves by several Arab states to normalize…

When Andres Canto was 14-year-old, he got into a minor argument with his parents when they told him he couldn't go into the local village wearing a tracksuit. In retaliation, he stayed at home and grabbed his grandfather's pickaxe, using it…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and fiancée Carrie Symonds have married in a small private ceremony in London, his Downing Street office has confirmed.Mr Johnson's office confirmed reports in the Mail on Sunday and The Sun that the…

European governments are drawing up plans to phase out coal, U.S. coal-fired power plants are being shuttered as prices of clean energy plummet, and new Asian projects are being scrapped as lenders back away from the dirtiest fossil…

A Perth mother has issued a desperate plea to help find her teenage daughter, who has been missing for more than a day.Rose Burns, 15, has been missing since Saturday afternoon and her family is concerned for her safety as she's been…

London, May 30: Amid calls for a fresh probe into the origins of Covid-19, an explosive new study has found that Chinese scientists created the virus in a lab in Wuhan, then tried to cover their tracks by…

A tree planting festival that was postponed earlier due to the coronavirus crisis was held on Sunday in Oda, Shimane Prefecture, with Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attending the event remotely from their residence in Tokyo.The…