Defending champions Australia and New Zealand withdrew from the Rugby League World Cup in England on Thursday, citing player welfare and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in a massive blow for the sport's global showpiece.

Australia, New Zealand withdraw from Rugby League World Cup citing Covid concerns

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman will travel to China this weekend as part of the country's ongoing effort to hold candid exchanges with Chinese officials to responsibly manage the "incredibly consequential bilateral relationship".

Seeking 'guardrails' in tense ties, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to visit China

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) boss John Coates has defended his awkward exchange with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk after drawing criticism on Thursday for publicly ordering her to attend the Tokyo Games opening ceremony.

John Coates slammed for 'mansplaining' to Queensland premier on opening ceremony

The Utoya massacre: Norway marks decade since worst post-war attack

Roscosmos space agency said that a Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the new Nauka laboratory module for the International Space Station blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Russia's heavy-lift Proton-M carrier rocket blasts off with ISS module 'Nauka'

England has removed nearly all coronavirus restrictions. Germany is allowing vaccinated people to travel without quarantines. Mask mandates are gone in Italy. Shopping malls remain open in Singapore.

How nations are learning to ‘let it go’ and live with COVID

Apple Inc's cheapest handset will support 5G technology in its next iteration and its iPhone Mini will not be included in its 2022 lineup, Nikkei reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

Apple to upgrade budget handset to 5G, drop iPhone Mini from 2022 lineup

India recorded more than 45,000 cases of the deadly "black fungus" over the last two months, the health ministry said, as a nationwide outbreak sweeps through Covid-19 patients.

India records more than 45,000 cases of 'black fungus'

Hong Kong's legislature, which has no opposition party, begins discussions on Wednesday on privacy laws tackling "doxxing behaviour" that some technology giants fear are so broad and vague that they could hamper operations in the city.

What is Hong Kong's controversial 'anti-doxxing' privacy bill?

Paleontologists have discovered a new species: a microsaur from a finger-sized fossil from 308 million years ago unearthed in the United States. Researchers have revealed that the discovery gives tantalising clues to the habits of tiny dinosaur-like creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles.

Paleontologists discover new species called microsaur

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to "look into" proliferating allegations that spyware sold by a Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, an Israeli source said on Wednesday, while adding that an export review was unlikely.

Israel's National Security Council 'looking into' NSO Pegasus spyware allegations

The head of Russia's state arms exporter said on Wednesday that Moscow was cooperating closely with Myanmar's ruling junta to supply it with military hardware including aircraft.

Russia working closely with post-coup Myanmar on military supplies

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