World / Asia

New Zealand COVID-19 death rate at record levels 22 Jul 2022 - 11:23 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealanders are dying from COVID-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the Omicron strain that is...

Japan regulators approve release of Fukushima water into sea 22 Jul 2022 - 11:09 am

TOKYO: Japan's nuclear regulators have approved a plan to release into the ocean water from the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the...

Heatwaves to menace China as almanac's 'big heat' day looms 22 Jul 2022 - 11:01 am

BEIJING: China will suffer the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days from east to west, with some coastal cities already...

Murmu becomes first tribal leader elected as India’s president 21 Jul 2022 - 07:33 pm

Droupadi Murmu has been elected as president of India, becoming the first tribal politician to occupy the top constitutional post in the world’s...

Earthquake of 4.6 magnitude strikes eastern Samar province of the Philippines 21 Jul 2022 - 01:37 pm

Manila:An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale struck Eastern Samar Province and surrounding areas in the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology...

Tokyo hits pandemic record on rise of new Covid subvariants 21 Jul 2022 - 01:21 pm

Tokyo will report its highest number of Covid cases for the entire pandemic on Thursday, Nippon Television reported, driven by the spread of...

World's oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong 21 Jul 2022 - 11:54 am

HONG KONG: The oldest-ever male giant panda in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his health...

China's Shenzhen vows to 'mobilise all resources' to curb COVID spread 21 Jul 2022 - 11:43 am

SHENZHEN, China: China's southern megacity of Shenzhen vowed to "mobilise all resources" to curb a slowly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, ordering strict implementation of...

Chinese district regulator inspects Pizza Hut stores over food safety issues 21 Jul 2022 - 11:00 am

BEIJING: A Chinese district regulator said it is carrying out inspections of 45 Pizza Hut stores in Beijing after one was accused by...

Australia battles fresh Omicron outbreak as COVID deaths rise 21 Jul 2022 - 10:50 am

SYDNEY: Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels,...

Asian Development Bank cuts 2022 growth outlook for South Korean economy to 2.6% 21 Jul 2022 - 10:47 am

Manila:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday slashed its 2022 growth outlook for the South Korean economy to 2.6% amid the ongoing Ukraine...

Sri Lanka swears in new president amid worst economic crisis in decades 21 Jul 2022 - 09:21 am

COLOMBO: Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president on Thursday, a day after winning a vote in parliament...

China censors strive to filter or erase details of mortgage protests 20 Jul 2022 - 03:47 pm

HANGHAI, BEIJING:As China grapples to contain a mortgage boycott that has triggered rare protests, censors have gone into overdrive with social media messages...

Japan prosecutors investigate Olympic sponsor payments to executive-media 20 Jul 2022 - 12:25 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo prosecutors are investigating payments from clothing retailer AOKI Holdings, an Olympic sponsor firm, to a company run by a former board...

Japan will hold state funeral for Shinzo Abe in late September 20 Jul 2022 - 12:19 pm

Tokyo:The Japanese government is planning to hold a state funeral on Sept. 27 for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot dead...

Japan sees fewer foreign visitors even after opening to tourists 20 Jul 2022 - 11:29 am

Foreign visitors to Japan fell in June from the previous month, even after the country began taking steps to reopen its borders to...

Wickremesinghe wins parliamentary vote to be Sri Lanka's new president 20 Jul 2022 - 10:26 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan lawmakers voted acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping he would pull the country out of...

Pakistan finmin says rupee slide not due to economic fundamentals 20 Jul 2022 - 10:17 am

ISLAMABAD:The current downturn of the Pakistani rupee against the U.S. dollar was not due to economic fundamentals, but because of political turmoil, Finance...