World / Asia

Hong Kong govt to resume services on April 1 as city logs lowest infections in a month 25 Mar 2022 - 04:25 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will gradually resume public services from April 1, the government said on Friday, with the global financial hub posting...

Shanghai's COVID 'slice and grid' model comes under pressure as cases surge 25 Mar 2022 - 04:15 pm

SHANGHAI: Shanghai's bespoke approach to tackling coronavirus outbreaks is coming under strain as new cases rise in the Chinese metropolis, with authorities reluctant...

China expands crash search as second black box eludes 25 Mar 2022 - 03:37 pm

WUZHOU, China: Recovery crews on Friday expanded the search area of the China Eastern Airlines crash, as the second of the plane's two...

Pakistan PM Khan says he won't resign ahead of no-confidence move 24 Mar 2022 - 08:11 pm

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he will not resign, rejecting opposition calls for him to step down ahead of a...

BYJU’S named as Official Sponsor of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 24 Mar 2022 - 04:38 pm

Doha: BYJU’S, an India-based EdTech company, has been announced as an Official Sponsor of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Through this partnership,...

China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner 24 Mar 2022 - 02:09 pm

WUZHOU, China: Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people...

Singapore extends quarantine-free entry as Asia shifts to "living with COVID" 24 Mar 2022 - 11:56 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore said on Thursday it will lift quarantine requirements for all vaccinated travellers from next month, joining a string of countries in...

Chinese search for second black box from crashed jet 24 Mar 2022 - 08:25 am

WUZHOU: Recovery crews searched in light rain for a second black box from a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that plunged into a...

One 'black box' found in China Eastern plane crash 23 Mar 2022 - 03:59 pm

WUZHOU, China: A Chinese aviation official said Wednesday that one of the two "black box” recorders had been found with its casing severely...

At China plane crash site, relatives wait in grim vigil 23 Mar 2022 - 03:50 pm

WUZHOU, China: As recovery teams searched mountainous terrain for victims of Monday's plane crash in southern China, a man surnamed Zhang whose nephew...

Shanghai denies lockdown rumours as daily COVID infections near 1,000 23 Mar 2022 - 12:58 pm

SHANGHAI: Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have denied rumours of a city-wide lockdown after a sixth straight increase in daily asymptomatic...

Search at China crash site suspended amid rain 23 Mar 2022 - 12:12 pm

The search for clues into why a Chinese commercial jetliner dove suddenly and crashed into a mountain in southern China was suspended Wednesday...

11 dead, 4 injured in fire at scrap warehouse in India 23 Mar 2022 - 12:02 pm

HYDERABAD: A major fire in a scrap warehouse killed at least 11 people and injured four others Wednesday in India's southern Hyderabad city,...

China's financial institutions' assets up 8.1% in 2021 23 Mar 2022 - 10:36 am

Beijing: China's financial institutions saw expanded balance sheets in lastyear. The country's financial institutions saw their combined assets increase 8.1 percent year-on-year to...

Novavax says its COVID vaccine gets India authorisation for teens 23 Mar 2022 - 12:58 am

Novavax Inc said on Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine has got emergency-use authorization from the Drugs Controller General of India for children aged 12...

Pakistan Air Force aircraft crashes, killing two pilots 22 Mar 2022 - 09:02 pm

KARACHI,Pakistan- APakistanAir Force (PAF) trainer aircraft crashed on Tuesday while on a training mission in the country's northwest, killing the two pilots on...

Shanghai's local COVID cases hit daily record as Jilin outbreak persists 22 Mar 2022 - 01:30 pm

BEIJING: China's financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday reported a fifth consecutive daily record for locally transmitted COVID-19 asymptomatic cases as the highly infectious...