Taiwan on Wednesday raised its coronavirus alert level, tightening social distancing measures as it battled a widening outbreak. The Level 3 alert was imposed on the entire island with entertainment venues, libraries, sports facilities and community centres closed.

Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level after spike in infections

Sudan on Tuesday banned travellers arriving from India and imposed new coronavirus restrictions including closing schools, as coronavirus cases rise. "Entry will be prevented for all travellers arriving directly from India or through any other country after having visited India in the past 14 days," said the country's ruling council in a statement.

Sudan bans travellers from India, imposes virus curbs

Japan's government on Tuesday withdrew a bill that would have made it easier to deport failed applicants for refugee status, officials said, after the death in March of a Sri Lankan woman at an immigration detention centre sparked criticism.

Japan withdraws immigration bill after death of Sri Lankan sparks criticism

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are due to hold talks on Wednesday night ahead of a possible presidential summit in June in an attempt to improve the dire relations between the former Cold War foes.

US and Russian foreign ministers to meet in Iceland in bid to ease friction

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.

Blue Origin reveals highest bid for a seat on its first human spaceflight

Canada has surpassed the grim landmark of recording 25,000 deaths due to the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. The unfortunate landmark comes after the country's death toll with the third wave of the pandemic waning in the country amid the ongoing vaccination drive.

COVID-19 death toll in Canada surpasses grim mark of 25,000

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel is carrying out ''organised state terrorism and war crimes'' in Gaza that are punishable under international law.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accuses Israel of war crimes

Britain is increasingly confident that vaccines work against the coronavirus variant first found in India, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, with a leading epidemiologist saying it may be spreading less quickly than at first feared.

UK increasingly confident that vaccines work against variant first detected in India, says Boris Johnson

Bitcoin tumbled below the $40,000 mark on Wednesday for the first time in more than three months after China banned financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services.

Bitcoin tumbles below $40,000 after China's new crypto ban

The Ecuadoran Ministry of Environment has revealed that the famous rock formation off the Galapagos Islands known as Darwin's Arch has collapsed due to "natural erosion.

Galapagos Islands' iconic Darwin’s Arch collapses into sea

China on Wednesday branded US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "full of lies" after she called for a diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics, on human rights grounds.

'Full of lies': China slams Pelosi's Winter Olympics boycott comment

The Russian parliament's lower house voted on Wednesday to withdraw from an international treaty allowing surveillance flights over military facilities following the US departure from the pact.

Russian parliament's lower house votes to exit from Open Skies Treaty

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