Roche launches COVID-19 variant test to help monitor mutations

Manila orders anyone below 18 to stay indoors as virus cases surge

Microsoft rolls back update to fix access issues for thousands

Analysis: Germany bets U.S. will make the best of ‘bad deal’ Nord Stream gas link

Deb Haaland becomes first-ever Native American U.S. Cabinet secretary

Analysis: Asia’s fuel exporters target sales bump as refineries shut Down Under

U.S. tells China to improve ties with Australia: U.S. official

Team New Zealand on brink of America’s Cup triumph

Japan to hike tariffs on U.S. beef as FY imports near limit: Kyodo

Japan PM Suga receives COVID-19 vaccination ahead of Biden meeting in U.S.

Carve-out deals by tech firms ‘just tip of the iceberg’: Carlyle Japan chief

Torch relay spectators must be masked, socially distanced, organisers say

BOJ must prepare ‘thoroughly’ on digital currency, says Kuroda

Team New Zealand beat Luna Rossa to take 6-3 lead in America’s Cup

WHO urges world not to halt vaccinations as AstraZeneca shot divides Europe

Walmart says Lady Gaga favorite, Brandon Maxwell, to design some of its clothing

U.S. solar industry predicts installations will quadruple by 2030

Thai PM gets first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine after safety scare

From stage to cemetery: Europe’s workers retrain for post-pandemic jobs

Londoners continue to protest against police after murder of Sarah Everard

Encrypted messaging app Signal stops working in China

Australia to continue using AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine despite Europe pause

Kohler, Ford, Infiniti in spotlight on China consumer rights show

U.S. safety agency probes ‘violent’ Tesla crash in Detroit

Yellen to meet religious leaders, NGO group pushing for debt relief

Japan soccer player Kawasumi confirms won’t take part in torch relay

AFL-CIO urges U.S. to block imports of solar products from China’s Xinjiang

Promising people vaccine shots and cash payments, Biden White House kicks off stimulus tour

Venezuela will not authorise AztraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to ‘effects on patients’, VP says

China Evergrande’s EV firm partners Tencent unit to develop smart vehicle OS

Texas state Senate passes bill to cut $5.1 billion in winter storm power fees

Big questions loom ahead of Biden’s next spending push, like ‘what is infrastructure?’

At least 39 reported killed in Myanmar as Chinese factories burn

In Myanmar, people protest against military coup with tatoos

Hong Kong’s tough COVID-19 rules see babies isolated, families cramped in tiny spaces