As COVID restrictions start to ease, Melburnians are being encouraged to “play, stay and spend time” in the city in a bid to revitalise the CBD – with early finishes on Fridays just one part of the plan.

Myanmar has been a country under siege since the military coup of 1 February. We are seeing a surge in people being detained, injured and killed – with no apparent attempt to rein in the use of deadly force as the Myanmar military attempts to silence …

A difficult jury selection process is underway in the US city of Minneapolis, ahead of the trial of former police officer, Derek Chauvin, over the death of black man, George Floyd. But can an impartial jury be assembled in a case that sparked a months-long …

Tokyo on Wednesday reported 340 new daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the capital's tally since the outbreak of the pandemic here to 114,201. The Tokyo Metropolitan government and health officials' latest figure compares to 290 new cases confirmed by the metropolitan government and health officials the previous day.

The proposed meeting in Anchorage would include US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi, the South China Morning Post reported.

This post deals with sexual abuse and assault and might be triggering for some readers. It’s been dubbed Australia’s own #MeToo movement.  From Christian Porter’s categorical denial that he raped a girl when he was a teenager,

In a fresh embarrassment for the EU in its vaccine rollout, breakaway member Hungary is now at the top of the bloc’s vaccine league table. The Czech Republic, Hungary’s Visegrád Four ally,

The Immigration Bureau today denied that it would revoke the visas of foreigners who join pro-democracy rallies as indicated in a letter sent to foreign students attending a north Bangkok university The refutation came a day after an email

Coal miner Anglo American says it never prioritised carbon emission targets over the safety of its underground workers, despite staff emails to the contrary.

Indonesian children will have to continue to learn about their respective faiths until at least 2035 despite concerns that religious studies was going to be dropped from the national curriculum. Recently, there have been growing concerns among the …