WELLINGTON: New Zealand's delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional...
SHANGHAI: Beijing will hold its city-wide marathon on Oct. 31, resuming the annual race after suspending it last year due to COVID-19, state...
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo's daughter would run for president in next year's election and her father's long-time aide, who filed his vice presidential...
Taipei: Taiwan sharply criticised China on Saturday after Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China with the largest ever incursion...
Singapore: Singapore is reviewing how to simplify its COVID-19 pandemic protocols that many in the city state find over complex, including whether to...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he’s retiring from politics and won’t be seeking the vice presidency in 2022, a surprise move that saw...
MANILA: Newly retired boxing icon Manny Pacquiao was the first to file his candidacy to be the next president of the Philippines at...
MANILA: The Philippines' lower house of Congress has approved on third and final reading President Rodrigo Duterte's proposed 5.02 trillion pesos ($98.64 billion)...
NEW DELHI: India said Friday that British nationals arriving in the country will be subjected to COVID-19 tests and a 10-day mandatory quarantine,...
SEOUL: South Korea extended social distancing curbs to combat the coronavirus pandemic on Friday for two weeks, offering more incentives to people to...
TOKYO: Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Friday that "human error" caused metal contaminants to get into Moderna Inc COVID-19 vaccine doses,...
TOKYO: A powerful typhoon pounded Japan and some of its eastern islands Friday with gusts and downpours of rain, grounding some domestic flights...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan banned unvaccinated adults from flights Friday as it tries to push vaccinations and avoid further lockdowns to contain the coronavirus....
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka lifted a six-week lockdown Friday as COVID-19 cases and deaths decline but will restrict people's movement for...
MELBOURNE - Australia's Victoria state has included professional athletes in a vaccination mandate that will require about 1.25 million "authorised workers" to have...
CANBERRA/SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced an 18-month ban on Australians travelling abroad will be lifted from next month,...
VUNG TAU, Vietnam: Vietnam will lift the lockdown in its largest city on Friday, ending nearly three months of restrictions on movement to...
SYDNEY: A tornado tore through Australia's rural southeast on Thursday, ripping roofs off houses, uprooting trees, toppling power lines and causing minor injuries,...
