TOKYO: Japan was poised on Wednesday to widen COVID-19 curbs to the capital, Tokyo, and a dozen regions covering half the population, as...
TOKYO: Japan was poised on Wednesday to widen COVID-19 curbs to the capital, Tokyo, and a dozen regions covering half the population, as...
Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a...
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is offering bonuses of up to HK$29,000 ($3,700) to pilots willing to endure Hong Kong’s strict quarantine regime in...
KATHMANDU: Nepal recorded 10,258 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, government data showed, the highest number reported in a single day as the government...
China’s highly guarded capital is seeing signs of further coronavirus spread, with new cases of both the omicron and delta variants found less...
Sydney: "The worst fear is always that you're not going to see the people that you love again," says Seini Taumoepeau, a Tongan-Australian...
BANGKOK: Thailand will lower its COVID-19 alert level and is considering easing more restrictions to boost its economy, its health minister said on...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will cull some 2,000 small animals, including hamsters after several of the rodents tested...
SHANGHAI: China is urging people to wear masks and gloves when opening mail, especially from abroad, after authorities suggested the first case of...
TOKYO: Japan's government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron variant of the coronavirus infects more people. Japan...
Jakarta: Indonesia's parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation's capital from Jakarta to a jungled area of Kalimantan on Borneo island,...
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Tonga's small outlying islands have sustained major damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with...
Sydney: Australia suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to...
KARACHI, Pakistan- Pakistani health authorities on Monday announced the completion of a successful clinical trial of Chinese traditional herbal medicine for treating COVID-19,...
NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a collective global effort is needed to deal with the problems posed...
MANILA: The Philippines must bring down COVID-19 cases, hovering at record highs, by April to ensure this year's presidential election will not become...
BEIJING: Tickets for the Winter Olympics set to begin on Feb. 4 will be distributed to "targeted" groups of people and will not...
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan on Monday reported 1,037 new COVID-19 cases over the previous 24 hours, the highest number on record, after confirming the presence...
