Agency Desk

Scholz: Germany’s increased coal, oil use will be temporary

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany's decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine...

Macao extends lockdown to curb biggest COVID-19 outbreak

The Chinese gambling enclave of Macao on Saturday extended its lockdown by five days as it grapples with the biggest outbreak of the...

Nine shot dead in Indonesia’s restive Papua, say police

Nine people were shot dead in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua in an attack believed to be perpetrated by armed separatists, police said...

WRAPUP 3-Russia pounds Ukrainian cities, says it is stepping up operations

Russian rockets hit a southern Ukrainian city on Saturday in the latest in a series of bombardments that Ukraine says have killed dozens...