American drugmaker Pfizer said on Friday they have not conducted gain-of-function or directed evolution research during their COVID-19 research, after a viral video pos
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued an extraordinary decree suspending parliament until February 8.He said he would announce a new set of long-term pol
The Taliban on Saturday doubled down on their ban on women's education, reinforcing in a message to private universities that Afghan women are barred from taking univer
Voters in Czechia have elected retired NATO General Petr Pavel to become the country's next president.Pavel defeated former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in a run-o
The latest promise by Western countries to send high-tech battle tanks to Ukraine has aroused not only protests and condemnation, but also worries that more advanced we
Meta announced it is allowing former President Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram "in the coming weeks," ending a two-year suspension.Trump was locked out of h
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday fielded his first questions on the Justice Department's handling of the investigation into classified documents found at Pres
France and Germany should together become "pioneers" in the refoundation of Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday in Paris during the celebration of t
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced in a televised statement on Thursday that she will step down no later than February 7 and will not seek re-electio
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic discussed the issue of his country's autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija on Friday with representatives of the European Union
Nominations for candidates to replace Jacinda Ardern as New Zealand's prime minister must be submitted by 9 a.m. local time Saturday ahead of a leadership vote on Sunda
The U.S. government has hit its borrowing limit, known as the debt ceiling.The U.S. Treasury is moving money around to keep the government from defaulting, says Treasur
Ms. NAFISA SHAH is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously, she was member of the National Asse
The European Union responded on Tuesday to U.S. moves to boost its energy transition with its own plans to make life easier for the green industry, saying it would mobi
Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | EU to counter U.S. c
France's hardline CGT union has threatened to cut off electricity supplies to lawmakers and billionaires before a nationwide strike on Thursday, in an increasingly acri
A top Iranian security official on Tuesday suggested establishing "joint and synergetic" bodies to counter unilateral sanctions, Iranian Students' News Agency reported.