Fears that the shutdown of a major fuel pipeline network could cause a gasoline shortage led to some panic buying and prompted US regulators on Tuesday to temporarily suspend clean fuel requirements in three eastern states and the nation's capital.

Thailand reported its highest number of Covid-19 deaths in a single day Tuesday as officials struggle to contain a third coronavirus wave ripping through overcrowded prisons.

Since the country's first confirmed case of COVID-19 in more than three weeks was reported on May 13, medical workers and volunteers have conducted all-out efforts to contain the latest outbreak.

At least 6,000 people, including around 1,500 minors, swam from Morocco to the bordering Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday in the largest influx of illegal migration there in a single day, Spanish authorities said.

Huawei Technologies Co on Wednesday unveiled several consumer electronic products as the Chinese tech company seeks to grow its non-smartphone business amid United States government restrictions.

A report recently published by an independent panel of experts who reviewed the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has pinpointed equitable and widespread distribution of vaccines, along with the consistent rollout of regular disease control measures, as the linchpin to ending the pandemic.