Hironori Aoki pleads guilty to paying a Games board member in exchange for preferential treatment.

Antonio Guterres says pause will allow civilians trapped in conflict zones get medical treatment, supplies.

Abrupt decision comes just days after US-based company agreed to pay US$787.5 million to Dominion.

Pyongyang slams G7 call for  Kim Jong Un to give up his nukes.

Car brand pledges to improve training after viral video of staff refusing dessert to a Chinese visitor.      

High-value container removed by illegal means from holding facility.

Removals follow spats between the social media platform and various news organisations that have objected to labels appended to their accounts.

SpaceX says vehicle experienced multiple engines out, lost altitude and tumbled.

Shares in carmakers takes hit on fears of price war. 

Optimistic Elon Musk says the team learnt a lot from the ‘successful’ lift-off.

Army denies torture claims, says the couple was killed in an exchange of gunfire.

Protests continue day after president was heckled over unpopular pension reform plan.

Environmental watchdog says firms’ energy needs will skyrocket this decade.

PM says he will call on Beijing to act responsibly.

Spaniard hasn’t played since losing in Melbourne in January.

5 others handed lesser sentences for their roles in illegal operation.

Kishida insists people vote in Sunday by-elections to show the world how Japanese democracy works.

Anurag Maloo is lifted out after falling into a 300m-deep crevasse by a team of eight.

Global economic bellwether tempers concerns it would be hit by lower demand.

Hun Manet is tipped to succeed his father in the future.

Policy against giving weapons to countries in active conflict stands unless large-scale civilian deaths occur, says South Korea.

This week alone sees 184,465 hospitalisations.

FIFA expected to announce tournament host nations in May 2024.      

Wall Street closes flat following mixed corporate results.

Goncalves Dias disputes interpretation of clips.