Japan should compensate Ghosn for 'arbitrary' detention: UN panel

GENEVA (AFP): Fugitive auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn's multiple arrests and detentions in Japan before he dramatically fled the country last year were "arbitrary", UN experts have ruled, urging Tokyo to pay him compensation.

Insight - Is India letting cronyism get deeper into banking?

Work abroad rests on vaccine

MANILA: Philippine healthcare worker Vince Umali received a blow when the coronavirus pandemic derailed his plan to work in Canada this year, but he hopes to revive his dream of an overseas job after breakthroughs in the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines.

Ethiopia's Tigray forces' leader denies regional capital circled

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The leader of Ethiopia's Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) denied on Monday that federal troops had surrounded the regional capital Mekelle at a distance of about 50 km (31) as the government had said.

Philippine health care workers hopes Covid-19 vaccines will revive overseas job dream

MANILA, Nov 23 (Reuters): Philippine health care worker Vince Umali received a blow when the coronavirus pandemic derailed his plan to work in Canada this year, but he hopes to revive his dream of an overseas job after breakthroughs in the race to develop Covid-19 vaccines.

Wong, Chow and Lam: Three young Hong Kong activists facing jail (update)

HONG KONG, Nov 23, 2020 (AFP): Three prominent Hong Kong activists are facing jail after pleading guilty on Monday to inciting an "illegal assembly" outside the city's main police station during last year's huge pro-democracy protests.

With hugs, kisses and a drag duo, border between Australia's two largest states reopens

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's two biggest states reunited in emotional scenes on Monday as the border - shut for only the second time in 101 years due to the coronavirus pandemic - reopened and the first flights since July landed in Sydney from Melbourne.

Healthcare workers can travel out

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved ending a ban on deploying the nation’s healthcare workers, his labour minister said, clearing the way for thousands of nurses to take up jobs overseas.

Ethiopia rejects African mediation, pushes toward rebel-held Tigray capital

NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The Ethiopian government rebuffed an African effort to mediate on Saturday, saying its troops had seized another town in their march towards the rebel-held capital of northern Tigray region.

Philippines' Duterte ends overseas travel ban on healthcare workers, minister says

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved ending a ban on deploying the nation's healthcare workers, his labour minister said on Saturday, clearing the way for thousands of nurses to take up jobs overseas.