Opposition parties yesterday said the central government’s move to demonetise Rs500 and Rs1,000 currency notes had caused enormous hardship to people, with the Aam Aadmi Party and Trinamool Congress demanding its rollback.

Cash machines across the country will take several weeks to reset with new bills, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said yesterday, as public anger mounted over a decision to pull the highest denomination notes from circulation.

The camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr has elevated his cybercrime complaint versus election equipment supplier Smartmatic and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has started flexing its muscle against erring police personnel especially those who have tested positive for illegal drug use this year, a police official said.

President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would continue the Philippines’ pivot toward China despite a change in leadership in the White House.

A competitor carries tree trunks during the Kenya Strongest Man Competition in Nairobi yesterday.

Congo has stepped up border patrols after the former military chief of a once powerful rebel group vanished from a camp for demobilized fighters in neighbouring Uganda, and unidentified soldiers were spotted in the area.

Former Italy prime minister Silvio Berlusconi welcomed comparisons made between himself and US president-elect Donald Trump, in an interview published yesterday.

Fishing and shipping nations gather in Portugal next week to consider the fate of the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna and overharvested Mediterranean swordfish, two pricey gourmet favourites.

Can a city survive if its population shrinks by almost one-third within a generation? This is a question hanging over Venice, where tourism, overcrowding and sky-high living costs are pushing out more and more residents.

They are under-represented in the industry and sometimes made to feel unwelcome in geek-infested workspaces, but women are making their voices heard at Europe’s largest technology marketplace.

Vietnam destroyed nearly 2.2 tonnes of seized elephant ivory and 70kg of rhino horns yesterday, in one of its strongest moves yet to stop illegal wildlife trafficking.