Washington’s drawdown comes as Joe Biden administration seeks to ease tensions with Riyadh arch-enemy Iran

Extra curbs since violent flare-up last month create glut of fruits and veg, leading to prices tumbling

Move to counter significantly slowed-down immunisation programme due to shortage of shots, hesitancy

Disappearances follow 42 accidents, most involving vessels below 10 gross tonnage

Aide claims Apple Daily has HK$50 million in bank, but secretary of security locks up account

Accident occurs in area notorious for hydroplaning as Alabama’s Interstate 65 curves down a steep hill

Southeast Asian nation also recorded 371 fresh fatalities
Country now accounts for a third of Covid-19 jabs administered globally
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is tipped to win at least one of 13 regions

47-year-old in had a history of high blood pressure, type II diabetes

Country logs another 58,419 infections, 1,576 deaths today

7 employees leave financial hub after authorities demand they sign ‘one China pledge’
