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From swimming and boxing to baseball and rowing, a round-up of the latest Tokyo Games action.

The wobbly trade in Chinese markets came as state-owned securities newspaper urged calm Wednesday and talked up markets.

Afghans who have the means to escape the conflict look for a way out as officials report spike in passport applications.

Shehroze Kashif youngest ever to summit the world's second-highest mountain, two months after climbing Mt Everest.

With consumers spending more time online during the pandemic, retailers are pushing to reach them there.

The US Secretary of State will meet his Indian counterpart and other officials before heading to see PM Narendra Modi.

Largest political bloc 'ready' for legislative, presidential polls at it warns of the emergence of an 'autocratic' rule.

July survey shows president leading as probable vice presidential contender amid 'failed' COVID-19 response.

Environmentalists fear the project threatens thousands of lives in an ecologically fragile region prone to landslides.

Drug gives people in middle-to-low-income countries effective treatment for disease known as the 'silent killer'.

Bosses offer new deal after burned out and stressed nurses threaten strike over increasing workload and low pay.

Juan Francisco Sandoval was sacked last week as the head of a prosecution unit charged with tackling corruption.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is facing mounting pressure to account for COVID crisis and corruption allegations.

iPhone sales were $39.57bn in its third fiscal quarter, up nearly 50 percent from a year earlier.

Ouattara met Gbagbo a decade after Ivory Coast's deadly post-electoral violence that killed more than 3,000 people.

Warnings of authoritarianism after president sacked ministers and froze parliament.

Benny Gantz will share government assessment with France, whose president was allegedly among targets of spyware.

In just three days, the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index plunged 20 percent, its biggest drop on record.

Sheweate Hugum village is largely abandoned with dead bodies scattered along the dirt roads.

US public health agency recommends mask-wearing in indoor public spaces in places where the coronavirus is surging.

Officials have eased self-isolation rules for a range of essential workers in a bid to alleviate 'pingdemic' disruption.

The measure may lead to an initial depreciation in the naira's value.

Hands-off approach the international community adopted a decade ago has failed to produce unity, Valentin Inzko says.

Employees at Activision Blizzard Inc. are calling for a strike Wednesday to protest firm's handling of recent suit.

Three of the main factions in a decade-old turf war - the Metros, the Scorpions and the Reds - sign a truce agreement.

The biggest increase since 2004 was led by hot housing markets in Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle.

Thousands of refugees relocated after monsoon rains trigger landslides and flash floods in the camps in Cox's Bazar.

The retirement from the team competition has left US gymnastics star's future participation at the Tokyo Games in limbo.

The IMF warns of a global economic recovery where 'poor get poorer and social unrest and geopolitical tensions grow'.

At least 6 Assam policemen were killed and a dozen others were injured during clashes at Assam's border with Mizoram.

Robert Aaron Long says he is guilty in four of the eight deaths he caused in Atlanta-area spas.

Democratic transitions do not normally involve the storming of media offices.

UNICEF hails mass drive as 'arguably the fastest vaccination campaign to be executed during a pandemic'.

The Lambda variant has spread to 28 countries but it is not considered a variant of concern. Here's what we know so far.

Officers recount the January 6 riot at the first hearing of a US House special committee investigating the insurrection.

Economy, regional security and issues faced by Pakistani diaspora were on agenda in talks between the two officials.

“None of us who are in India have been untouched.”

Largest party calls for dialogue after the president sacked PM and suspended parliament causing a constitutional crisis.

The initiative comes as US business leaders warn of China's growing influence in Africa.

Abdo Yusuf al-Khatib al-Tamimi's family demand answers after he died at Israel's notorious Moskabiya detention centre.

Chile's decision to let people draw funds from their pensions to weather the pandemic could make them vulnerable later.

Residents describe the battle for control in one of Caracas’ most violent neighbourhoods.

Kais Saied is compounding Tunisia’s carnage.

USA Gymnastics says sports superstar 'has withdrawn from the team final competition due to a medical issue'.

Japan's capital registers nearly 3,000 new infections, bringing its total over 200,000 since the start of the pandemic.

Appeal comes a day after US and Chinese officials held second face-to-face meeting since Joe Biden became US president.

Emergency responders battle back blaze after explosion rocks chemical complex in Leverkusen.

India's health ministry says it will meet target of supplying 516 million COVID vaccine doses to states by month-end.

The EU cannot claim to be a bastion of human rights while openly discriminating against its Muslim citizens.

The severity of the new rules could kill many companies and block the exits of investors.