WELLINGTON - New Zealand's health authorities on Thursday conducted further tests and began contact tracing efforts after two more cases of the South...
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's health authorities on Thursday conducted further tests and began contact tracing efforts after two more cases of the South...
NEW DELHI - Indian farmers on Wednesday postponed a march to parliament on Feb. 1, the day of the government's budget announcement, following...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive next week, starting with front-line health workers, a government minister said on Wednesday. "God...
BEIJING: The city of Beijing tightened curbs on inbound travellers ahead of the peak Lunar New Year travel season kicking off on Thursday,...
KATHMANDU: The Himalayan nation of Nepal launched its largest immunisation campaign on Wednesday with its first coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers, following a...
Manila: A Philippine province has cancelled a decision to award $10 billion airport project to a consortium led by a Chinese state firm,...
NEW DELHI, Jan 27: A vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech and a government research institute is likely to be effective against the...
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s most active volcano erupted Wednesday with a river of lava and searing gas clouds flowing 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) down...
SYDNEY: Australia recorded a 10th straight day of no new local COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, allowing its most populous state of New South...
YANGON: Myanmar launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday, with healthcare staff and volunteer medical workers the first to receive shots of the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said on Tuesday it had signed deals with two domestic companies to purchase 18.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines produced...
New Zealand may approve a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, a day after the...
Colombo: A group of UN experts has criticised Sri Lanka's requirement that those who die of Covid-19 be cremated, even it goes against...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second-highest peak during the harsh winter season...
TOKYO: Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the...
Thousands of Indian farmers on tractors entered New Delhi Tuesday as the country marked its Republic Day, escalating protests against new agricultural laws...
New Zealand's borders will remain closed for most of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, but the country will pursue travel...
