World / Asia

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile: South Korea military 31 Dec 2022 - 11:49 pm

Seoul: North Korea fired one short-range ballistic missile into the sea on Sunday, the South Korean military reported, as Pyongyang pressed on with...

Chinese manufacturing contracts sharply as COVID infections soar 31 Dec 2022 - 11:15 pm

Beijing: China's factory activity shrank at the sharpest pace since the pandemic first emerged nearly three years ago, after Beijing's abrupt reversal of...

China gives Hong Kong leader power to bar overseas lawyers in national security cases 31 Dec 2022 - 09:18 pm

Hong Kong: China's top lawmaking body has given Hong Kong leader John Lee the power to bar foreign lawyers from national security cases,...

China's Xi says 'light of hope in front of us' on Covid 31 Dec 2022 - 04:06 pm

Beijing: President Xi Jinping said on Saturday the "light of hope is right in front of us" as China faces an explosion of...

Afghan educator who quit over women ban vows to fight 31 Dec 2022 - 12:26 pm

Kabul: An Afghan academic who caused a storm by quitting and tearing up his degree certificates on live television to protest the ban...

China censors Covid-related content online as New Year's Eve prompts reflection by some 31 Dec 2022 - 11:31 am

Beijing: New Year's Eve in China prompted an outpouring of reflection online, some of it critical, about the strict zero-COVID policy the country...

China appoints 'wolf warrior' as new foreign minister 30 Dec 2022 - 09:29 pm

Beijing: China appointed US ambassador Qin Gang as its new foreign minister on Friday, state media reported, installing a top diplomat known for...

Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi jailed for total of 33 years 30 Dec 2022 - 07:35 pm

Naypyidaw: Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials...

Death toll from Cambodia casino fire reaches 26 as search called off 30 Dec 2022 - 06:11 pm

Poipet, Cambodia: Rescuers finished searching the charred ruins of a Cambodian hotel and casino complex Friday after the death toll from a fire...

China to stop testing chilled, frozen foods for COVID from Jan. 8 30 Dec 2022 - 03:03 pm

HONG KONG: China's meat trade on Friday cheered the imminent end of testing and disinfecting chilled and frozen foods for COVID-19, more than...

Indian maker of cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts production 30 Dec 2022 - 02:06 pm

NEW DELHI: The Indian maker of a cough syrup that was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan has halted production...

Malaysia to screen inbound travellers, including from China, for fever 30 Dec 2022 - 12:54 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday said it will screen all inbound travellers for fever and test wastewater from aircraft arriving from China for...

Few tourists, deserted streets in Macau after reopening 30 Dec 2022 - 12:46 pm

MACAU: Three years of COVID-19 forced Becky Zhang’s specialty food business in Macau to near collapse. Founded by her grandmother more than fifty...

Indonesia lifts remaining COVID restrictions 30 Dec 2022 - 11:18 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Friday removed all remaining measures to control the spread of COVID-19 effective immediately, since most of the country's population already...

South Korea to require COVID tests for travellers from China 30 Dec 2022 - 11:15 am

SEOUL: South Korea said on Friday it will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travellers from China, joining the United States, Japan and other...

Rural residents worry for elderly as COVID rips across China 30 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am

LEZHI: In a busy village clinic in Lezhi county in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday, 59-year-old Yang waited anxiously as her husband...