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An Australian policeman has been placed on restricted duties after being filmed tripping up an Aboriginal boy, who was then pinned to the ground. The video shows the New South Wales Police officer and two colleagues holding the boy down. Police said it...

The government said on Tuesday it will extend its ban on gatherings of more than eight people for another two weeks, and maintain current quarantine requirements on incoming travellers for a longer period. This comes as local authorities scramble to he...

Health authorities have reported three more locally acquired Covid-19 infections, all connected to a woman diagnosed at the weekend. And for the first time, a medical worker has tested positive. Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protection...

The coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines has been the longest in the world at more than two months and also one of the most stringent. Workers who arrived back in the Philippines have not been allowed to leave Manila to head home to their home provi...

The mainland's public security ministry has pledged to "direct and support" the Hong Kong police force after the National People's Congress approved a decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong. The ministry said it would use "all efforts t...

More than 800 schools in South Korea have had to close, just days after they re-opened, because of a spike in new coronavirus infections in the country. South Korea recorded 56 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, down slightly from a two-month high of 7...

Beijing's top legislature has approved bringing national security laws to Hong Kong - with plans to ban acts and activities that endanger national security. The vote paves the way for the setting up of mainland security agencies in Hong Kong. But it ma...