Singapore records 768 new COVID-19 cases, total now 21,707
Singapore recorded 768 new coronavirus cases on Friday, its health ministry said, taking the city-state’s tally to 21,707....
Mixed martial arts: UFC returns with Ferguson eyeing ‘real’ lightweight title
The main event of Saturday’s UFC 249 card in Florida is billed as being for the interim lightweight title but Tony Ferguson says he should...
Russia’s coronavirus cases rise by more than 10,000 for sixth straight day
The number of new coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 10,699 over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 187,859, the coronavirus crisis...
Denmark to ease coronavirus restrictions further from June 8
Danish museums, amusement parks and cinemas will be allowed to reopen from June 8, the government said on Friday, after it struck a deal with...
Copper takes aim at COVID-19 with virus-killer coatings
At an outer suburban manufacturing plant, engineer Byron Kennedy is resetting a machine to spray-print a layer of copper on to a door handle, aiming...
Pro-Beijing lawmakers, democrats clash in Hong Kong legislature
Rival lawmakers scuffled in Hong Kong’s legislature on Friday in a row over electing the chairman of a key committee, a fresh sign of rising...
South Korea tracks new coronavirus outbreak in Seoul nightclubs
South Korean health authorities are investigating a small but growing coronavirus outbreak centred in a handful of Seoul nightclubs, seeking to keep infections in check...
Shares rise as U.S., China trade negotiators talk, but bleak job data awaited
Asian shares rose on Friday as a phone call between U.S. and Chinese officials raised hopes that trade tensions were easing,...
South Africans mourn a metre apart as COVID-19 curbs funerals
Maaki Modimola sways along to a hymn in the yard of her dead sister’s home in the South African township of Soweto, a bottle of...
Former ABA commissioner Storen dies at 84
Mike Storen, a sports executive who served as commissioner of the American Basketball Association in the 1970s, died Thursday at age 84....