SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday recorded one of its highest number of deaths in a day from COVID-19 as an outbreak of the highly-infections...
SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday recorded one of its highest number of deaths in a day from COVID-19 as an outbreak of the highly-infections...
Seoul: South Korea's daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 8,000 for the first time on Tuesday, as the highly contagious Omicron variant...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended herself on Tuesday against criticism for not wearing a face mask at news conferences, saying...
Tokyo: Japan is set to more than double the number of regions under enhanced coronavirus curbs on Tuesday, even as it sought to...
Seoul: North Korea fired what appeared to be two cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea's Joint...
Islamabad: Pakistan appointed its first female Supreme Court judge on Monday, after a nomination process that proved unusually contentious. Justice Ayesha Malik, 55,...
BEIJING: Chinese authorities will take action against polluters to ensure next month's Winter Olympics will be held in a "good environment", an environment...
NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 infections, led by the Omicron variant, may see a sharp rise in the coming weeks, some top experts said,...
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea will expand rapid testing and shorten quarantines as it reshapes its pandemic response to deal with a faster-than-expected...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong will take steps from Tuesday to cut the number of civil servants working in their offices, as it battles...
Quarantine-free travel resumed between Singapore and the nearby Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan on Monday, as the countries continue to prise open...
Beijing: Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents Monday as infections subside ahead...
PERTH, Australia: A man pleaded guilty Monday to abducting a 4-year-old girl from her family’s camping tent on Australia's west coast last year....
Hong Kong reported 140 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, the highest daily number in more than a year, with about three quarters of...
Families have stopped children playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with ash and the psychological fallout of last week's volcanic eruption and...
BEIJING: The local government in China's capital ordered more COVID-19 tests on Sunday as the city continued to report new local cases, less...
Seoul: South Korea posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Sunday, despite extended COVID-19 curbs and a high vaccination rate, raising...
New Zealand will tighten Covid-19 restrictions as omicron takes hold in the community, forcing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to cancel her upcoming wedding....
