Tournament favourites Australia advanced into the semi-finals of the men's hockey World Cup on Monday after they beat Pakistan 2-1 in a pulsating match to finish top of Pool B.
Tesla Inc "must not reopen" its vehicle factory in the San Francisco Bay area as local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in effect, the local county health department said on Friday.
A kangaroo was spotted hopping through the empty streets of Adelaide amid the coronavirus lockdown.
Officials in San Clemente draw line in the sand at local park after weeks of rule-breaking by unruly skateboarders
Virgin Australia has gone into voluntary administration after failing to secure a government bailout due to impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Four police officers have died after being hit by a truck when they stopped to detain a speeding driver on an Australian motorway, officials said.
Kate and William have thanked the public for Prince Louis's birthday wishes by sharing an adorable behind the scenes photograph of the young royal, who turns two today.
Memorial services will be held in Australia and New Zealand this week to mark Anzac Day.
London's air quality has "dramatically improved" due to the drop in traffic amid the coronavirus lockdown, Sadiq Khan has said.
Police have been forced to close a California beach after thousands of people flouted the lockdown to bask in a heatwave.
Kim Jong-un is alive and well, South Korea has insisted, amid rumours that the North Korean leader was either dead or seriously ill.
The death toll linked to coronavirus in England is around 40 per cent higher than previously reported, new figures show.
Dominic Raab has paid tribute to the frontline health and care workers who have given their lives to fighting coronavirus, as he confirmed more than 108 such deaths so far.
A total of 26,097 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community after testing positive for coronavirus, Public Health England has said.
The UK discovered the true toll of coronavirus deaths today when the Government unveils figures for fatalities in hospitals, care homes and the community .
An Australian couple has discovered a novel way to meet up with neighbours and enjoy the good weather, despite the coronavirus lockdown.
A woman has jailed after she stole a doctor's identity card while he was in a pharmacy.
The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has increased by 674 – bringing the national total to 26,771.
"He pushed one of the police officers on the ground and I think he was about to lunge at another one of the police with the knife, that's what it looked like to me.
Parents, relatives and friends were today urged to raise the alarm if they fear that children are being radicalised during the lockdown as the Met warned that tip-offs about suspected extremists have plummeted.
Hundreds of protestors have swarmed the streets in Huntington Beach in California to demand an end to coronavirus lockdown rules.
Italians were today enjoying the chance to exercise in parks for the first time in eight weeks as their country took its first significant steps out of its coronavirus lockdown.
Police publish images of suspected thieves amid spate of stealing in northeastern United States
Campaign launched to increase threshold on rateable value to help struggling businesses
An international basketball player who moved to London to escape Somalia's looming civil war has become one of the capital's latest victims of Covid-19.
California's governor has announced that the six-week lockdown of America's most populous state will be relaxed within days as the daily coronavirus death toll across the United States fell to its lowest level in a month.
A police officer accused of murdering former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson is set to go ahead in September, despite the current uncertainty about court timetables due to coronavirus.
A London war memorial has been vandalised in what police described as a "senseless" act.
The Queen has spoken to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to discuss how the country is fighting coronavirus.
For centuries, many have turned to the church as a way of reconnecting with others within their community. But with lockdown restrictions in place and church services banned, religious leaders have taken it upon themselves to restore hope in a time of uncertainty.
Grimes and her boyfriend Elon Musk want to call their newborn son X Æ A-12 Musk, but California law might prevent it.
The state accuses the ride-hailing apps of flouting a labor law by classifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.
The oldest national park ranger in the US tells us why she’s proud of the second world war home front park in Richmond, just across the bay from San Francisco
I settled in the greater Bay Area as a six-year-old in 1927. When I graduated from high school in 1938, my two opportunities for employment were working in agriculture or being a domestic servant. At that time, labour unions weren’t racially integrated and, during the war, I worked as a clerk for the segregated boilermakers’ union.
Continue reading...Amid the historic quarter’s busy streets, a thousand workshops maintain centuries-old craftmaking traditions. These workers’ ancient skills are celebrated in a new exhibition at London’s Royal Geographical Society
“Whatever manufactured items there are in the world,” wrote the Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi in 1671, “the poor of Cairo get hold of them, set them out and trade in them.” Nearly 350 years later, this tradition lives on in al-Darb al-Ahmar. This neighbourhood of 100,000 people, south-east of central Cairo, is said to be home to a thousand workshops. The place teems with artisans crafting everything from tents, books, boxes and brass lanterns to glass bowls and silk carpets.
Exclusive: report criticising government lockdown proposals heavily redacted before release
Government scientific advisers are furious at what they see as an attempt to censor their advice on government proposals during the Covid-19 lockdown by heavily redacting an official report before it was released to the public, the Guardian can reveal.
The report was one of a series of documents published by the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (Sage) this week to mollify growing criticism about the lack of transparency over the advice given to ministers responding to the coronavirus.
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A young wild horse likely wouldn't have survived the night if a group of animal lovers hadn't stumbled across the filly struggling — and failing — to drag itself out of a two-metre deep mud hole.
The back-and-forth continues.The Department of Homeland Security said Friday the United States will shorten the visa length for Chinese journalists working for non-American news outlets to 90 days. Previously, journalists with Chinese passports were granted open-ended visas. They can apply for extensions under the new rules, but renewed visas will also last just 90 days. The new limit won't apply to reporters from Hong Kong Macau, or to mainland Chinese citizens who hold green cards.It's the latest development in a media war between Washington and Beijing that has intensified during the coronavirus pandemic. American officials said the rules were meant to counterbalance the "suppression of independent journalism" in China, whose government expelled journalists from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post in March. Before that, the U.S. reduced the number of Chinese citizens employed by multiple state-controlled Chinese news organizations to work in the country. The New York Times notes the move wasn't unexpected; U.S. intelligence officials have long believed some journalists at Beijing-run outlets are spies, and the Trump administration has designated some Chinese news agencies foreign government functionaries.The heightened tensions between the world's two biggest powers didn't just show up in the media world Friday. U.S. lawmakers wrote to nearly 60 countries asking them to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, a move that likely won't sit well with China. And Washington also blocked a United Nations security council resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the pandemic because it indirectly referenced the WHO, which the U.S. has blamed in conjunction with China for failing to suppress the outbreak.More stories from theweek.com Outed CIA agent Valerie Plame is running for Congress, and her launch video looks like a spy movie trailer 7 scathing cartoons about America's rush to reopen Trump says he couldn't have exposed WWII vets to COVID-19 because the wind was blowing the wrong way