The scramble for labour in South Korea, where unemployment hit a near-record low of 2.9% in July, has led to a surge in the number of elderly people in the workforce with 58% of the job increases driven by people aged 60 and older.

While the original Covid-19 vaccines continue to provide good protection against hospitalisation and death, vaccines have become less effective as the virus has evolved.

The miners became confined underground at the Pinabete mine in the border state of Coahuila on Aug 3 when their excavation work led a tunnel wall to collapse and unleashed flooding.

The spokesman for Ukraine's southern military command says the situation is complicated but under control.

Gambling is illegal in mainland China and online gaming operators, mostly targeting Chinese gamblers, have flourished in Southeast Asia in recent years.

Suu Kyi has called the accusations absurd and denies all charges against her.

The US has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is bound by law to provide the democratically governed island with the means to defend itself.

Ambulances shuttle back and forth to the hospital, carrying soldiers wounded in fighting that has engulfed towns in Ukrainian-held parts of Donetsk.

The number of people living in poverty in 2021 rose to a total of almost 20 million or 18.1% of the population from 16.7% in 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority says, overshooting the government's target of 15.5%-17.5%.

Refugees and human trafficking survivors are being forced to choose between buying food or data to access an official digital identity check system for migrants, charities say, warning the scheme is putting vulnerable people at risk.

India is the world's sixth-largest economy and is expected to grow at over 7% in the current fiscal year ending in March 2023 - the fastest among major economies.

Anthony Albanese says this was 'a centralisation of power by the former prime minister'.