World / Asia

TOKYO: Japanese mother of three Maiko Takahashi was never one to pinch pennies or accept hand-me-downs for her children even though circumstances for...

TOKYO: Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade,...

NEW DELHI: India's electricity demand touched a record high in April as its northern states reeled under the hottest pre-summer months in decades,...

MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr has maintained his wide lead in the Philippines presidential election race in a new survey released on Monday, but...

Manila: Eight people have died, including six children, after a fire tore through scores of homes near the Philippines capital Manila, local officials...

A Shanghai nursing home resident was mistakenly taken to the morgue while still alive, state media reported, as the city's Covid-19 outbreak and...

Seoul: South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors as COVID-19 cases drop, but many people are not taking them...

Shanghai/Beijing: China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under lockdown,...

Unprecedented heat waves, which are putting lives, crops and power supply at risk in India, are set to continue in the northwestern and...

BEIJING: A woman was rescued Sunday from the rubble of a building in central China more than 50 hours after it collapsed, leaving...

BEIJING: Many Chinese are marking a quiet May Day holiday this year as the government's "zero-COVID” approach restricts travel and enforces lockdowns in...

Seoul: South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition committee on Sunday named top presidential aides for the incoming government, including the chief national security...

Sydney: Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday promised the country a "better future" in a campaign launch that was light on controversial...

Ahmedabad: Indian authorities seized 90 kg (198 lbs) of drugs worth $58 million from a port in the western state of Gujarat, a...

Shanghai/Beijing: Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a key milestone in its battle...

SINGAPORE: Beijing's zero-COVID strategy has had dire consequences for the millions Chinese living abroad, most of whom have been unable to see family...

SHENZHEN, China: Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public...

Seoul, South Korea: South Korea will ease its outdoor mask mandate starting next week as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline. Starting...