G20 finance ministers and central bankers were meeting on Friday to align plans to re-launch the global economy after the coronavirus pandemic and to limit the harm to the worst-off nations shut out of the ...
The government first banned burials in April over concerns it could contaminate groundwater and spread coronavirus, prompting backlash from the country’s Muslim community. Sri Lanka on Friday ended forced cremations of people who have died ...
The United States on Friday for the first time publicly accused Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but stopped short of targeting the powerful ...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Auckland will go into lockdown for a week.(AP: Mark Baker) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Auckland will go into a lockdown for seven days after a ...