World / Asia

China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement 25 May 2022 - 12:02 pm

China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is...

Philippine court orders compensation for victims of 1993 mining disaster 25 May 2022 - 10:19 am

MANILA: A Philippine court has ordered a mining company to pay damages to 30 people for negligence in a 1993 dam burst that...

Sri Lanka increases fuel prices to address economic crisis 24 May 2022 - 12:29 pm

Colombo: Sri Lankaincreased fuel prices on Tuesday, a long-flagged move to mend public finances and combat its debilitating economic crisis, but the hikes...

Tesla quarantining thousands of workers to restore China output 24 May 2022 - 11:46 am

Tesla Inc. is isolating thousands of workers in disused factories and an old military camp in China to ensure they’re Covid-19 free, part...

South Asia's intense heat wave a 'sign of things to come' 24 May 2022 - 11:31 am

New Delhi: The devastatingheatwavethat has baked India and Pakistan in recent months was made more likely by climate change and is a glimpse...

Pakistani policeman killed, ex-PM Khan supporters arrested 24 May 2022 - 10:37 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's key opposition party led by recently ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan accused police of detaining hundreds of its supporters in raids...

Floods kill 25 in India's Assam, displace thousands 24 May 2022 - 09:39 am

GUWAHATI, India: Flash floods and landslides in India's northeast Assam state killed at least 25 people and displaced over 650,000 from their homes...

Biden: Leaders navigating 'dark hour' after Ukraine invasion 24 May 2022 - 09:22 am

President Joe Biden told fellow Indo-Pacific leaders assembled for a four-country summit Tuesday that they were navigating "a dark hour in our shared...

Climate change boosted odds of recent deadly heat in India, Pakistan, scientists say 23 May 2022 - 10:01 pm

South Asia's deadly heatwave in March and April was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Monday. As April...

Anti-trust chief to lead Philippines' economic planning agency 23 May 2022 - 02:45 pm

MANILA: The Philippines' anti-trust agency chief Arsenio Balisacan said on Monday he has accepted an offer from incoming president Ferdinand Marcos Jr to...

S.Korea's daily COVID infections dip to near 4-month low under 10,000 23 May 2022 - 12:49 pm

Seoul: South Korea's daily new COVID-19 infections dropped to below 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months on Monday, as the...

Indonesia policy uncertainty hampers resumption of palm oil exports 23 May 2022 - 11:00 am

Jakarta: Indonesia allowed a resumption of palm oil exports from Monday after a three-week ban, but shipments were not expected to get underway...

Monkeypox shouldn’t spur Covid-19 level of concern, Biden Says 23 May 2022 - 10:18 am

President Joe Biden sought to reassure Americans that the current monkeypox outbreak was unlikely to cause a pandemic on the scale of Covid-19....

Australian grandmother hopes queen has jubilee to remember 23 May 2022 - 10:04 am

Nulkaba, Australia: Jan Hugo never realised her childhood dream of becoming a princess so instead she became Australia's queen of royal memorabilia with...

In Tokyo, Biden says would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan 23 May 2022 - 09:44 am

Tokyo: US President Joe Biden said on Monday he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, rallying support on his first...

7 dead, 120 others rescued in Philippine ferry fire 23 May 2022 - 08:49 am

MANILA, Philippines: A ferry carrying more than 130 people caught fire Monday while approaching a northeastern Philippine province, killing at least seven people...

Pakistan's defiant ex-premier calls for march on Islamabad 22 May 2022 - 08:58 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan- Pakistan's defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Sunday for his supporters to march peacefully on Islamabad on May 25th,...