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Russia tapped the global debt market on Thursday for the first time this year by opening order books on two sovereign eurodenominated Eurobonds in a bid to secure additional funding, two financial market sources said.

Thailand has seized almost $1 billion worth of contraband ketamine, most of it probably destined for Europe, Japan or Korea, the Thai Narcotics Suppression Bureau said on Thursday.

Ron Klain was once tapped by Democratic President Barack Obama to safeguard the United States from the threat of a lethal virus. As Presidentelect Joe Biden's chief of staff, he will take on a similar mission.

A British female healthworker has been charged with the murder of eight babies and trying to murder 10 others at a hospital in northern England, police said on Wednesday.

Hong Kong opposition lawmakers, seen as representatives of moderate prodemocracy voices in the Chineseruled finance hub, are expected to formally tender their resignation on Thursday in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues.

Tropical Storm Eta spun toward Florida's west coast on Wednesday, nearing its fourth landfall in a matter of days, while threatening squall winds and storm surges, and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency in 13 counties.

Swiss companies will no longer be able to deduct bribes paid to private individuals from their taxes, Switzerland's government said on Wednesday, according to an update of tax laws due to take effect on Jan. 1, 2022.

Hong Kong's prodemocracy opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday they will resign in protest against the dismissal of four of their colleagues from the city assembly after Beijing gave local authorities new powers to further curb dissent.

Airlines in Malaysia could take three years to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, depending on the outbreak in the country and abroad, the transport ministry said.

A magistrate court in Karachi issued the non bailable arrest warrant while hearing the case of of the Christian girl who has filed a petition alleging that she was forcibly converted to Islam and married to one Muhammad Imran. The girl named the cleric, h...

The Philippines has suspended for the second time its decision to scrap a twodecadeold Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Philippine authorities have ordered thousands of residents in eastern coastal communities to evacuate ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Vamco on Wednesday, only weeks after the country was battered by the strongest cyclone so far this year.

U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden stressed the importance of protecting Northern Ireland's peace deal in the Brexit process when he called UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday, hinting at potential tensions over Britain's EU exit even as the pair emphas...

Mainland China reported 17 new COVID19 cases on Nov. 10, down from 22 reported a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Wednesday.

An attorney representing a Tennessee homeowner is asking the Metro Nashville Community Oversight Board to investigate officers who responded to a breakin by a former New York officer during a drunken bachelor party two years ago.

Footage apparently taken by a protester of Monday night’s protest in the tourist hotspot was widely shared on social media. The video shows a group of demonstrators trying to tear down plywood at the entrance of an office building before volleys of semi-a...