Ikea is raising prices by 9% in 2022

Ikea said its customers will pay more when they shop at its stores in 2022.


Hong Kong's flagship airline says strict new quarantine rules could cause 'dramatic' supply chain disruptions

Hong Kong's flagship airline warned Friday that strict new quarantine measures in the city could lead to "dramatic disruptions" to local supply chains, as the company is forced to curb some passenger and cargo flights.


Royals hope for jubilee reset after tumultuous 12 months

Every family has its breakdowns, but the outside world doesn't usually hear about them. The royal family doesn't like to air its dirty laundry in public either, traditionally preferring to adopt Queen's mantra of "never complain, never explain." So, when there's a wobble in that stiff upper lip, people lap up every detail.


Māori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to anchor primetime news

A Māori journalist has made history in New Zealand by becoming the first person with traditional facial markings to host a primetime news program on national television.


At least four anti-coup protesters shot dead in Sudan as security forces raid broadcasters

At least four people were shot dead by Sudanese security forces during anti-coup demonstrations near the capital Khartoum on Thursday, the civilian-allied Sudanese Central Doctors Committee (SCDC) said.


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China's Xi'an lockdown hits some of the world's largest chipmakers

Two of the world's biggest chipmakers are warning that Covid-19 outbreaks and stringent lockdowns in a major Chinese industrial hub are hampering their operations.


Mourners pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as his body lies in state

Mourners flocked to St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday to pay their respects to anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he lay in state in a simple pine coffin.


Former Afghan President was given 'no more than two minutes' to get ready to flee Kabul

The former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani said he was given "no more than two minutes" to get ready to flee Kabul in August, during the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country's capital.


Lebanon's soul has been eviscerated by its financial crisis. Not even children want to play

I'm crouched down in front of a 10-year-old boy sitting hunched over himself in the Beirut office of my charity INARA, the International Network for Aid, Relief and Assistance. His dark brown eyes, fringed with impossibly long eyelashes, peer over his facemask.


Hong Kong authorities insist newsroom raids and arrests have 'nothing to do with media work'

Hong Kong authorities are defending the arrests of seven people linked to a pro-democracy publication in the face of growing international condemnation, with the city's leader insisting the police raids had "nothing to do with journalistic or media work."