World / Asia

Singapore welcomes more travellers under quarantine-free programme 20 Oct 2021 - 10:25 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore welcomed on Wednesday the first travellers under an expanded quarantine-free programme, marking a big step towards the aviation hub restoring its...

Singapore’s Covid record sparks warning on hospital strain 20 Oct 2021 - 10:06 am

Singapore warned that Covid-19 cases are dangerously straining the city-state’s health care system, even as strict rules designed to curb the current outbreak...

Floods, landslides kill at least 43 people in Nepal 20 Oct 2021 - 09:38 am

KATHMANDU: At least 43 people have died and another 30 are missing after three days of heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods...

Grapefruit-sized hail hits Australia's east coast 20 Oct 2021 - 09:25 am

Canberra: Record-sized hailstones fell across Australia's east coast this week, with ice pellets larger than grapefruits lashing residents in parts of Queensland, the...

Police answering 4-year-old's call confirm his toys are cool 20 Oct 2021 - 08:49 am

Wellington, New Zealand: An emergency call made by a 4-year-old New Zealand boy asking for police to come over and check out his...

Japanese volcano spews plumes of ash, people warned away 20 Oct 2021 - 08:36 am

Tokyo: A volcano erupted in Japan on Wednesday, blasting ash several miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn against the threat...

Floods force Indian couple to float to their wedding - in a cooking pot 19 Oct 2021 - 03:04 pm

When floods hit southern India, it looked as though a young couple would be unable to make their wedding. But they managed to...

New Zealand hits virus high, pushes vaccination as way out 19 Oct 2021 - 11:06 am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand counted its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic Tuesday as an outbreak in its largest city grew...

Northern Chinese city in soft lockdown amid latest Covid-19 outbreak 19 Oct 2021 - 07:48 am

Beijing: China reported nine new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases for Oct. 18, the highest daily tally since the end of September, with a...

Brisbane 2032 Games spend likely to exceed A$5bn - Minister 19 Oct 2021 - 07:35 am

Sydney: The cost of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is likely to exceed the A$5 billion ($3.72 billion) estimate in the pitch document but...

WHO says it 'cannot cut corners' in approving India's Covaxin shot 18 Oct 2021 - 07:52 pm

BENGALURU - The World Health Organization on Monday asked for further data from India's Bharat Biotech to consider the company's request for an...

S.Korea commits to 'challenging goal' of cutting emissions to 40% of 2018 levels by 2030 18 Oct 2021 - 03:40 pm

SEOUL: South Korea on Monday officially committed to reducing national carbon emissions by 40% of 2018 levels by 2030 ahead of the upcoming...

Red light, green cash: Squid Game helps revive Indonesian cafe 18 Oct 2021 - 03:32 pm

JAKARTA: An Indonesian cafe is jumping on the global Squid Game bandwagon, hoping to fuel its pandemic recovery by recreating some of the...

Australia's Queensland state to open to vaccinated travelers 18 Oct 2021 - 11:43 am

Canberra: Australia’s Queensland state announced plans Monday to open up to vaccinated travelers, ending the status it has enjoyed throughout the pandemic of...

Australian police search for 4-year-old girl missing from campsite 18 Oct 2021 - 11:14 am

SYDNEY: Australian police searching for a four-year-old girl who went missing from an outback campsite said on Monday they would "leave no stone...

Deep earthquake shakes northern, eastern Taiwan 18 Oct 2021 - 10:56 am

TAIPEI: A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck close to Taiwan's east coast city of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather bureau said, with no...

More than 20 dead after floods in south India 18 Oct 2021 - 10:52 am

KOCHI, India: At least 22 people were killed after heavy rains lashed the south Indian state of Kerala over the weekend, officials said....

India's vaccine effort slows as dose gap trumps output jump 18 Oct 2021 - 10:35 am

NEW DELHI: India's vaccination campaign has slowed despite amassing record stockpiles of vaccine, health ministry data showed on Monday, as authorities maintain a...