Progress in healthcare and education was dogged by endemic corruption and insecurity
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A strange jargon term will be the key to transforming our working freedoms
Drugs seizures — a proxy for production — have increased dramatically in south-east Asia this year with many pointing the finger of blame at the military takeover
Beijing expected to use investigation into ride-hailing group to issue warning across tech industry
Brother of slain warlord Ahmad Shah Massoud in holdout region urges militants to form an inclusive government
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the focus needs to move from Covid-19 case numbers to hospitalization rates.
The delta variant of coronavirus is a big challenge for New Zealand’s elimination strategy and could force the government to rethink the way it responds to an outbreak, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said.
U.S. weekly infections slightly exceeded 1 million on Friday, apparently for the first time since the surge last winter, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
Hurricane Grace crossed through Mexico on Saturday, leaving at least eight people dead, causing floods and power cuts to more than half a million customers, before losing force as it swept toward the country’s Pacific coast.
The U.K. will this week begin offering Covid-19 antibody testing to the general public for the first time, in order to better understand how many vaccinated and previously infected people are still catching the disease.