CANBERRA/SYDNEY — Australia will allow foreign visa holders to enter the country from the start of December, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, the latest step to restart international travel and support its economy.

TABLES at Gaia, one of the hottest dining spots in Dubai, are booked two weeks in advance and the crush of businesspeople emerging from surrounding offices keeps staff on their toes.

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit on Monday that Beijing...

MIZATA, El Salvador - El Salvador plans to build the world's first "Bitcoin City", funded initially by bitcoin-backed bonds, President Nayib Bukele said on...

BRUSSELS - A greater number of countries are sliding towards authoritarianism, while the number of established democracies under threat has never been so high,...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Marine Corps is set to have the worst vaccination record among military branches, with thousands of active-duty personnel set to...

BEIJING — China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Vilnius for allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in the Baltic state, raising tensions in a spat that has also dragged in Washington.

CARACAS — Venezuelans head to the polls on Sunday in local and regional elections which represent a major challenge for electoral authorities and opposition politicians alike, as the latter return to compete for votes against the government of President Nicolas Maduro for the first time in four years.

KENOSHA, Wis. — A jury acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests in a decision that re-ignited fierce debate about gun rights and the boundaries of self defense in the United States.

IN JANUARY, lawyer Cleta Mitchell joined a phone call with then-President Donald Trump as he pressured Georgia’s top election official to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the state, playing an important role in Mr. Trump’s attempts to subvert the 2020 results.

KUALA LUMPUR — The central pledge of a planned new global nature pact — to protect 30% of the planet’s land and seas —...

LONDON — Little more than one percent of 5,000 big companies globally are making substantial disclosures of their climate risks, while more than half...