HONG KONG: Hong Kong plans to roll out rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 to all its 7.5 million people in the near future,...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong plans to roll out rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 to all its 7.5 million people in the near future,...
Indonesia added the highest number of Covid-19 cases in almost six months as the more transmissible omicron variant spreads throughout the country. The...
HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government said on Thursday it would extend a work-from-home plan for civil servants as health officials warned tougher...
MANILA, Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is self-isolating after being exposed last weekend to a member of his household staff who had COVID-19,...
Tokyo: Japan needs about four times more foreign workers by 2040 to achieve the growth path the government has outlined in its economic...
Seoul: Some of South Korea's corporate giants have asked staff to test themselves for COVID-19 before returning to work on Thursday after the...
The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously...
Denpasar, Indonesia: Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will welcome its first direct flight carrying foreign tourists for nearly two years on Thursday, but...
New Delhi: Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news...
TOKYO: Tokyo's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that an Omicron-fueled wave of infections is peaking...
BEIJING: The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the "expected controllable range" despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior...
TOKYO: More than half of Tokyo's hospital beds set aside for COVID-19 patients were occupied on Tuesday, a level that officials have previously...
Thailand expects to welcome hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers a month with the kickoff of a quarantine-free visa program that’s set to serve...
Indiaplans to launch a central bank digital currency in the financial year starting in April, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget...
Patna: Niranjan Kumar, the eldest son of a small farmer in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, was one of 12.5 million youngsters...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will start welcoming back travellers from all countries from later this week, officials said on Monday, more...
SYDNEY: Australia reported its lowest daily COVID-19 deaths in two weeks on Monday while cases continued to trend lower as authorities braced for...
TOKYO: Japanese trading and pharmaceutical company Kowa Co Ltd said on Monday anti-parasite drug ivermectin has been found effective for treating the Omicron...
