More than 50 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of violating the city's national security law. This is being seen as the biggest crackdown yet against the opposition camp under the contentious new legislation.

American among democracy activists arrested in Hong Kong under national security law

A naked fugitive hiding out in trees above crocodile-infested waters has been discovered by a pair of fishermen. It's being said he survived on snails in swampy mangroves in Australia's far north.

Naked fugitive found in crocodile-infested waters in Australia's far north

Republican former US president George W Bush will attend the inauguration of Democrats Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Washington on January 20. "President and Mrs.

George W Bush, wife to attend Joe Biden inauguration on Jan 20

Despite growing pressure from President Donald Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence plans to stick to his ceremonial duties and not interfere with the election certification when presiding in Congress on Wednesday, advisers said.

Despite pressure from Trump, Pence will not interfere in election count

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group's Alipay The order, signed on Tuesday, tasks the Commerce Department with defining which transactions will be banned under the directive and targets Tencent Holdings Ltd's QQ Wallet and WeChat Pay as well.

Trump signs order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps

Populations of marine molluscs have collapsed in recent decades in parts of the eastern Mediterranean as warming waters have made conditions unsuitable for native species, new research showed Wednesday.

Warming driving Eastern Mediterranean species collapse: study

There was a moment, in the early days of the pandemic, when reports surfaced here and there of improvements in air and water quality across the world, as production and traffic abruptly diminished.

Are we the cows of the future?

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has embarked on an eleventh-hour bid to undo some civil rights protections for minority groups, women, people with disabilities and LGBT people, according to a draft document, in a change that would mark one of the most significant shifts in civil rights enforcement in generations.

Justice dept seeks to pare back civil rights protections for minorities

Indonesia`s highest Muslim clerical council hopes to issue a ruling on whether a COVID-19 vaccine is halal, or permissible under Islam, before the country is due to start a mass inoculation programme using a Chinese vaccine next week.

Indonesia Islamic council hopes for halal ruling before mass vaccination

Millions of WhatsApp users in India received an in-app notification from WhatsApp as part of an upcoming global roll-out, asking them to either accept the changes in its Terms of Service and privacy policy by February 8 or their accounts will be deleted.

WhatsApp updates privacy policy, asks users to accept terms or app will be deleted

Denmark said it is barring entry to residents of South Africa due to fears over the spread of a new strain of the coronavirus there. Denmark has not recorded any cases of the new variant, which was detected by South African authorities in mid-December and has since been found in a number of other countries.

Denmark bars South African residents over new virus strain

The delays caused to a long-planned mission by WHO experts to China to investigate the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic are "not just a visa issue", Beijing has said.

Impasse over WHO virus mission 'not just a visa issue', China says

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