Bengaluru: Criticism of India's approval of a local COVID-19 vaccine without proof of its efficacy grew on Wednesday after news that a regulatory...
Bengaluru: Criticism of India's approval of a local COVID-19 vaccine without proof of its efficacy grew on Wednesday after news that a regulatory...
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that his economic development plans have failed as he opened the nation’s first...
President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for U.S. secretary of state denounced Hong Kong’s arrest of dozens of opposition figures under a controversial national security...
Seoul: South Korea rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions...
Tokyo: Japan will decide this week whether to impose a state of emergency in the Tokyo area, a top official said on Tuesday...
JAKARTA: Indonesia will begin its nationwide COVID-19 mass vaccination programme on Jan. 13, the country's health minister said on Tuesday. The programme will...
BENGALURU - A top executive at an Indian biotechnology company defended its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, approved for emergency use by the government, and...
MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte directed the head of his military detail on Monday to ignore a legislative summons, foiling the Senate's...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's mass vaccination programme is set to start next week, a senior minister said on Monday, pending authorisation from the country's food...
Seoul: South Korea is reviewing AstraZeneca's request for approval of its coronavirus vaccine, as it expands a ban on private gatherings of more...
SEOUL: South Korea aims to cut some 30% of carbon emissions from railway travel by replacing all diesel passenger locomotives with a new...
BANGKOK: Thailand's prime minister on Monday urged the public to stay home to help contain the country's biggest coronavirus outbreak yet and avoid...
SEOUL: AstraZeneca has filed an application for approval in South Korea of the coronavirus vaccine it developed with Oxford University, the country's drug...
NEW DELHI - India on Sunday granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN but faced questions after taking the step without publishing efficacy...
SEOUL: Dressed in South Korea's traditional costume 'Hanbok', two divers at a Seoul aquarium make New Year bows to visitors from underwater. Under...
SEOUL: A South Korean health official said on Sunday that a third wave of the novel coronavirus is being contained, as it reported...
Indonesia is planning to start vaccinating its population against Covid-19 this month and is seeking to deliver shots to 181.5 million people by...
Sydney: Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, while neighbouring Victoria's tally increased by...
