Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said late Saturday she is self-isolating after coming into close contact with a person...
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said late Saturday she is self-isolating after coming into close contact with a person...
Melbourne: Hip-hop artist Kanye West will have to be fully vaccinated if he wants to play concerts in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
Bangkok: A beach in eastern Thailand was declared a disaster area on Saturday as oil leaking from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf...
LONDON: The volcanic eruption in Tonga this month unleashed an atmospheric shockwave that radiated out at close to the speed of sound, pushing...
BEIJING: Hotels and restaurants in China's big cities are bracing for a rush of guests over the Lunar New Year as people forced...
SYDNEY: Australia suffered its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday with nearly 100 deaths, but several large states said they expect...
NEW DELHI: India's capital Delhi lifted a weekend curfew and allowed restaurants and marketplaces to reopen on Friday, following a sharp drop in...
BANGKOK: Thai health authorities approved new guidelines Friday outlining the parameters for declaring the coronavirus pandemic an endemic disease. Official figures show that...
Seoul, South Korea: South Korea plans to add hundreds of small neighborhood hospitals and clinics to treat the thousands more people expected to...
MANILA- The Philippines will grant entry to visitors vaccinated against COVID-19 from Feb. 10, its government said on Friday, in an effort to...
Malaysia’s new coronavirus cases rose to the highest level in more than a month as the highly contagious omicron variant starts to spread...
Hong Kong: Hong Kongwill cut quarantine for arriving travellers to 14 days from 21, starting from Feb. 5, leader Carrie Lam said on...
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Thursday recommended supermarkets start charging for disposable carrier bags, a move aimed at slashing carbon emissions in a tiny nation...
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korea’s top infectious disease expert defended the move to expand the use of rapid testing despite accuracy concerns, as...
BEIJING: Beijing has limited the movement of people in more parts of the Chinese capital, even as it reported fewer COVID-19 cases on...
TOKYO: The maker of Japan's Umaibo corn puff is raising prices for the first time, in a shock for fans of the "miracle"...
Seoul: South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases exceeded 13,000 for the first time on Wednesday, driven by the spread of the Omicron variant,...
Bangkok: Thailand mobilised its navy and other agencies on Wednesday to contain an oil spill after an estimated 160,000 litres (35,195 gallons) leaked...
