Stanley Ho, the Hong Kong tycoon credited with turning Macau into the world’s gambling capital, has died at the age of 98. Ho, one of Asia’s richest men, was known as the “... Read more
People will make up their own minds after listening to Dominic Cummings’ “exhaustive” account of his travels during the lockdown, Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has s... Read more
Electorates in Burundi have given another five-year term for ruling party with 68.72 per cent of the vote in 2020 election. The final election results will be declared by the Constitutional... Read more
One of the survivors of Friday’s plane crash in the Pakistani city of Karachi has described his ordeal, saying all he could see “was fire”. Passenger Muhammad Zubair was on... Read more
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the site of a plane crash that killed at least 97 passengers and crew members in the Pakistani city of... Read more
Hana Kimura, a professional Japanese wrestler who appeared in the latest series of Netflix’s reality show Terrace House, has died at the age of 22. Stardom Wrestling, Kimura’s or... Read more
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 flying from Lahore has crashed in the densely populated Model Colony residential area of Karachi. Flight PK8303, carrying 91 passengers and eigh... Read more
People arriving in the UK must self-isolate for 14 days from 8 June to help slow the spread of coronavirus, the government has said. Travellers will need to tell the government where they wi... Read more
The singer Mory Kanté, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, has died in Guinea. Kanté died in hospital on Friday in the capital, Conakry, aged 70, his... Read more
A motorist who filmed the shooting of an unarmed black man in the US state of Georgia has been charged with murder. William Bryan Jr was also accused of a criminal attempt to commit false im... Read more
Eric Colts is a bus driver for the city of Detroit who lost his best friend, fellow bus driver Jason Hargrove, to COVID-19 on March 31 – just 10 days after a rider was coughing on his... Read more
China is proposing to introduce a new security law in Hong Kong that could ban sedition, secession and subversion. The move is likely to provoke strong opposition internationally and in Hong... Read more
A two-day-old baby has died with coronavirus in South Africa – one of the world’s youngest victims of the virus. The mother had tested positive for Covid-19 and the child subsequ... Read more
The Venezuelan military will escort Iranian tankers delivering much-needed petrol to the country to prevent any attempt by the US to stop them. Five vessels are on the high seas and are due... Read more
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