World / Asia

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...

Hong Kong study says reopening of international travel to have little impact on future COVID transmissions 22 Mar 2022 - 11:48 am

HONG KONG: The full reopening of international travel in Hong Kong will have "little marginal impact" on the spread of COVID-19, an academic...

Japan warns of blackouts, issues dire plea to save energy as temperatures drop 22 Mar 2022 - 11:07 am

TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday issued an emergency plea for citizens, businesses and local authorities to conserve energy, warning of potential blackouts after a...

Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID, President-elect Yoon backs practice 22 Mar 2022 - 10:56 am

Seoul: Kim Jin-woo, a 27-year old resident of Seoul battling COVID-19 and recovering at home under a new government policy, needed to see...

China searches for victims, flight recorders after first plane crash in 12 years 22 Mar 2022 - 08:45 am

WUZHOU, China: Rescuers in China scoured heavily forested slopes on Tuesday with hopes fading of finding any survivors from the 132 people aboard...

Afghanistan’s last finance minister now Uber driver in Washington 21 Mar 2022 - 04:59 pm

WOODBRIDGE, Virginia: Until last summer, Khalid Payenda was Afghanistan's finance minister, overseeing a $6 billion budget - the lifeblood of a government fighting...

S.Korea to buy 10 million doses of SK Bioscience's COVID vaccine 21 Mar 2022 - 04:03 pm

SEOUL: South Korea has reached a deal to buy 10 million doses of the country's first experimental coronavirus vaccine, developed by SK Bioscience...

China requires Microsoft's Bing to suspend auto-suggest feature 21 Mar 2022 - 03:40 pm

SHANGHAI: Microsoft Corp's Bing, the only major foreign search engine available in China, said a "relevant government agency" has required it to suspend...

India considers widening COVID booster effort to all adults, sources say 21 Mar 2022 - 02:59 pm

NEW DELHI: India is considering making all adults eligible for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, two sources with knowledge of the matter said...

Indonesia ends all quarantine requirement in broad reopening 21 Mar 2022 - 02:53 pm

Indonesia is lifting all quarantine rules for fully-vaccinated visitors to end two years of border closure, following its neighbors in easing entry restrictions...

China mulls package to ease Sri Lanka's economic crisis 21 Mar 2022 - 02:29 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka:China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka said Monday it is considering a request for $2.5 billion in assistance to help the island...

Hong Kong to ease strict COVID curbs after business backlash 21 Mar 2022 - 01:17 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong plans to relax some anti-COVID-19 measures next month, lifting a ban on flights from nine countries, reducing quarantine and...

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China 21 Mar 2022 - 01:06 pm

BEIJING: A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on...

Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens 21 Mar 2022 - 11:28 am

BEIJING: Shanghai Disneyland closed Monday as China's most populous city tried to contain its biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern...