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United States government has on Friday, October 15 said it will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated international travellers from November 8. Kevin Munoz, White House assistant press secretary, announced the…

World Health Organisation (WHO) says the death toll from COVID-19 is now at its lowest level in almost one year. Speaking on Wednesday at a media briefing in Geneva, Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said although the deaths are…

Elated Sydneysiders celebrated the end of almost four months of coronavirus lockdown on Monday, putting behind them a period of “blood, sweat and no beers” in Australia’s largest city. Sydney’s more than five million residents were…

Pope Francis on Sunday met with Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, a Franciscan nun from Colombia, a day after she was freed by jihadists in Mali after more than four years of captivity, a Vatican spokesman said. Sister Gloria was taken hostage…

A collaboration of over 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries has produced a series of indicting investigative reports detailing how hundreds of wealthy elites worldwide engage in tax evasion, using tax and secret offshore…

A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire, Dan Petrescu crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported. The single-engine Pilatus…

An eight-year-old girl has joined National Aeronautics and Space Administration-affiliated programme searching for asteroids, and has already spotted 18 space rocks, according to her family. Nicole Oliveira, from Fortaleza, Brazil, has had…

A French court has on Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on former president, Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing for massive overspending on his 2012 re-election campaign. Sarkozy's lawyer said he…

British troops are expected to be deployed within days to help ease a fuel supply crisis, the government said on Wednesday, as the retail and hospitality sectors called for foreign workers to be allowed to fill post-Brexit vacancies.…

Taliban have banned hairdressers in Helmand province, Afghanistan from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say. Some…

Influential sister of North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un on Friday said it was "admirable" of South Korea to propose a formal end to Korean War but demanded Seoul first drop its "hostile policies" towards Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong's…

Former Minneapolis policeman, Derek Chauvin has appealed his conviction for the murder of George Floyd, citing 14 complaints related to his trial earlier this year. The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George…

Brazil’s Health Minister, Marcelo Queiroga has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the first world leader to speak. Brazilian…

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, recently granted medical parole, on Tuesday failed to appear in court for the resumption of a graft trial, as prosecutors argued ill health did not justify his absence. Two weeks ago, Zuma, 79, was released on…

R. Kelly is not expected to testify at his sex trafficking trial, according to a list of witnesses provided by his lawyers. The singer (born Robert Sylvester Kelly) who reigned over the 1990s and early 2000s has for decades faced…