The plunging kyat is already taking its toll on the economy, with some businesses shutting down because they are unable to cope with rising costs of imports and raw materials.

The number of directly elected seats in the city's legislature has now shrunk from half to less than a quarter.

Islamic militants are killing and abducting leaders across Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. The violence mimics tactics in other places they have seized control.

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, largely out of public view since a regulatory clampdown started on his business empire late last year, is currently in Hong Kong and has met business associates in recent days, two sources told Reuters.

At a recent Virginia rally, Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin talked up his plans to boost the economy and fight crime, and said nothing at all about false claims that Democratic President Joe Biden's election victory was the result of fraud.

The U.S. Treasury is being held hostage by Republican Senator Ted Cruz's efforts to halt a Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline, blocking critical appointments when the federal debt limit remains a pressing issue, White House officials and Democrats in Congress…

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected a case by alleged victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests who sought to hold the Vatican responsible, saying the Holy See benefited from leg…

Daily aspirin may harm more than help seniors: US medical panel

Harvard University is to relocate its summer Mandarin program from Beijing to National Taiwan University (NTU) starting next year, a student publication reported on Thursday last week.
Run at Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) since 2004, the…

The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ latest proposal for a proposed third liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off the coast of Datan Borough (大潭) in Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音) yesterday failed to make it out of the first environmental impact assessment…

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Alberta's vaccine-passport system will be in place at least into early next year, Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday as he announced that a long-awaited app to check proof of vaccination with a QR code is now available.

The change was made for consistency's sake — B.C.'s provincewide mask mandate is now more aligned with new school masking rules in place for kids in kindergarten to Grade 3.

The Federal Court of Canada has told Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin that the military grievance process is the appropriate avenue to address his claim that political interference led to his removal as head of the vaccine rollout.