Coronavirus: New Zealand Says July Too Early To Kick-start Travel Bubble With Australia
WELLINGTON • New Zealand rejected calls by business leaders yesterday to restart flights to Australia within a month as too short a timeframe. An Australian a
Ultra Hawk Steve Bannon Forecasts Beijing's Hegemony If Democracies Do Not Stand Up
WASHINGTONChina can't allow Hong Kong or Taiwan to be successful democracies in its plan to turn a vast swath of the globe essentially into tributary states thr
Coronavirus: New Zealand Says July Likely Too Early To Resume Travel With Australia
WELLINGTON (REUTERS)New Zealand rejected calls by business leaders on Thursday (June 4) to restart flights to Australia within a month as too short a timeframe.
Japan To Allow Foreigners' Re-entry For Humanitarian Reasons
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG)Japan will allow some resident foreigners to re-enter the country on humanitarian grounds after facing criticism its policies made their return
Australia Set To Suffer First Recession Since 1990s As Boom Ends
SYDNEY • Australia's economy has fallen into recession, the country's treasurer said yesterday, after data showed its gross domestic product (GDP) fell last q
Unrest And Trump's Response Eroding United States' Global Image
Brandishing a Bible in a church across from the White House on Monday after he threatened to send in the military if the protests rocking cities across the Unit
Trump Says It's 'common Sense' To Include Russia In G-7
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 3) said it was "common sense" to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to rejoin the Group of Seven, sa
Coronavirus: Queensland Border Closure Causes Friction As Australian Tourists Barred From Entry
SYDNEYAustralia's winter, which started on Monday (June 1), typically marks the start of a great northern exodus as holidaymakers from the cooler southern citie
Australia Pins Hopes On Elusive Gas Panacea For Climate, Economy Woes
MELBOURNE (REUTERS)Australia is working on plans for a gas-driven recovery from Covid-19 that will help the country adapt to a low-carbon future, with the conse
Australia Confirms End To Longest Boom As Fires, Pandemic Destroy Growth
SYDNEY (REUTERS)Australia's economy has fallen into recession, the country's treasurer said on Wednesday (June 3), after data showed gross domestic product fell
Australia Probes US Police Assault On Its Journalists
SYDNEY (AFP)Australia is investigating a US police attack on two Australian television journalists outside the White House, the foreign minister said Tuesday (J
Hong Kong Sees Rush To Renew UK Passports As Fears For Future Grow
HONG KONG (REUTERS)When Ms Ming Wong saw that Britain was prepared to offer extended visa rights and a "path to citizenship" for British National Over
South Korea's Moon Tells Trump He Would Accept Invitation To G-7 Summit; Russia Says It Needs More Details
SEOUL/MOSCOW/South Korean President Moon Jae-in told US President Donald Trump on Monday (June 1) that he would willingly accept the American leader's invitatio
China's HK Law Set To Limit Foreign Judges' Role
Beijing's planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials, people familiar with th
Indonesia, Major Advocate Of Hydroxychloroquine, Told By WHO To Stop Using It
JAKARTA (REUTERS)The World Health Organization has urged Indonesia, one of the world's biggest advocates of two malaria drugs to treat the coronavirus, to suspe
Fears Of Coronavirus Second Wave Prompt Flu Push At US Pharmacies, Drugmakers
US pharmacy chains are preparing a big push for flu vaccinations when the season kicks off in October, hoping to curb tens of thousands of serious cases that co
Novavax Shares Jump After Starting Covid-19 Vaccine Study In Australia
Novavax Inc shares listed in the US jumped 17 per cent before the open on Tuesday (May 26) after initiating testing of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in peop
China's Hong Kong Law Set To Bar Foreign Judges From National Security Cases
Beijing's planned national security legislation for Hong Kong is set to block its foreign judges from handling national security trials, people familiar with th
Australia Bush Fire Smoke Linked To Hundreds Of Deaths
SYDNEY (AFP)Smoke from Australia's deadly recent bush fires is linked to an estimated 445 deaths and more than 4,000 hospitalisations over several months, a gov
'Sunshine To Asia' Power Plan Moves Forward With Cable Survey Contract
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG)Survey work will soon begin on an ambitious plan to export power from a giant solar farm in Australia to Singapore via a 3,800 kilometre un