UK’s Sunak says deal to be done on tax at G7, but tech must...
LONDON - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said there was a deal to be done with the United States on tax but big tech...
Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variants
By Phuong Nguyen and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi
HANOI - Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants and spreads...
British retail faces “tsunami of closures” without rent help
LONDON - Britain's retail sector will endure a "tsunami of closures" if the government does not extend a moratorium on aggressive debt enforcement, industry...
Qatar charges migrant activist with taking payment to spread disinformation
DUBAI - Qatar's public prosecution has charged a Kenyan man who has written about migrant rights in the Gulf Arab state with receiving payment...
Malaysian volunteer undertakers struggle to cope as COVID cases surge
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian volunteers, who help to give virus victims a Muslim burial, say they are being stretched like never before, as the Southeast Asian...
Syria’s Assad wins 4th term with 95% of vote, in election the West calls...
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a fourth term in office with 95.1% of the votes in an election that will extend his rule over...
Nature funding must triple by 2030 to protect land, wildlife, and climate
Global annual spending to protect and restore nature needs to triple this decade to about $350 billion by 2030 and rise to $536 billion...
Qantas ponders customer incentives to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates
SYDNEY — Qantas Airways Ltd. said on Friday it was considering a plan to reward customers who have received both doses of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine with...
Longer supply shortage seen as China’s factories squeezed
ERIC LI’s factory making glass lampshades for companies including Home Depot, Inc. is being stretched to its limits with sales doubling their pre-pandemic level.
Rising global temperatures ‘inexorably closer’ to climate tipping point — United Nations
THERE is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years — and these odds are rising, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.
Antibiotics for COVID cases worsen India’s superbug crisis
EXCESSIVE use of the world’s most potent antibiotics has stoked drug-resistant infections in India for years. Now the country’s COVID crisis has put the calamity into hyperdrive.
Hong Kong debates what to do with pile of unused COVID vaccines
HONG KONG (HK) is studying options including donation for unused COVID-19 vaccine doses, some of which are set to expire as soon as August, amid struggles to boost a lackluster local inoculation rate despite high demand for shots around the world.