TOKYO: Japan's government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron variant of the coronavirus infects more people. Japan...
TOKYO: Japan's government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron variant of the coronavirus infects more people. Japan...
Jakarta: Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island,...
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Tonga's small outlying islands have sustained major damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with...
Sydney: Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to...
KARACHI, Pakistan- Pakistani health authorities on Monday announced the completion of a successful clinical trial of Chinese traditional herbal medicine for treating COVID-19,...
NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a collective global effort is needed to deal with the problems posed...
MANILA: The Philippines must bring down COVID-19 cases, hovering at record highs, by April to ensure this year's presidential election will not become...
BEIJING: Tickets for the Winter Olympics set to begin on Feb. 4 will be distributed to "targeted" groups of people and will not...
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan on Monday reported 1,037 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours, the highest number on record, after confirming the presence...
TOKYO: The governors of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures agreed on Monday to request further measures from the central government, including shorter opening hours...
Thailand is considering resumption of its program that allows quarantine-free entry for vaccinated travelers from more than 60 countries, according to the Health...
New Delhi: India's Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is working on an Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine candidate that could be ready in a month or two, a...
New Delhi: India's capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have reported a big fall in COVID-19 infections in the past two days and...
BEIJING: Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on Monday, requiring travellers to...
MANILA, Philippines: People who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 were banned from riding public transport in the Philippine capital region Monday in...
New Delhi: BirjuMaharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country’s most well-known performing artists, died Monday. He was 83. Maharaj...
Politicians from at least four Indian states took to Twitter to invite Tesla Inc. to set up shop in their provinces, just days...
Kathmandu: Nepal began giving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots on Monday as coronavirus infections surged due to the spread of the Omicron variant, officials...
