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Indian PM warns coronavirus spreading to rural areas

India’s prime minister has warned people to take extra precautions as the devastating coronavirus outbreak is spreading fast to rural areas, where nearly two-thirds...

Tesla to stop accepting Bitcoin as payment

Electric car maker Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin as a payment due to concerns about the environmental impact of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, the world’s largest...

In Pictures: Muslims around the world celebrate Eid

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan. Celebrations were restricted for a second year as the Covid-19 pandemic...

Pope Francis returns to audiences in person after pandemic interruption

Pope Francis has returned to doing audiences with the faithful in person after a nearly six-month interruption due to Covid-19. Francis greeted several hundred socially...

Indian authorities confirm another 4,205 deaths amid coronavirus surge

Indian health chiefs have confirmed another 4,205 coronavirus deaths, setting another daily record and taking its official Covid-19 toll past 250,000 as it battles...

Hong Kong will not make vaccination compulsory for foreign domestic workers

Hong Kong officials have dropped a plan to mandate foreign domestic workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus amid international criticism that the move would...

US man charged with using €4.1m in Covid loans to buy holidays and supercars

A California man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he obtained $5 million (€4.1 million) in federal coronavirus relief loans for phony businesses...

Scores of bodies found floating in India’s Ganges River

Scores of bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections. Authorities...

China sees fewer births and loses workers as its 1.4 billion people age

The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its ageing population barely grew, a census showed on Tuesday. The total...

China to draw ‘separation line’ on peak of Mount Everest

China will draw a “separation line” at the top of Mount Everest to prevent coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal’s side of...

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