SINGAPORE: Singapore has found the Delta variant of the coronavirus to be the most prevalent among local cases of variants of concern (VOCs),...
SINGAPORE: Singapore has found the Delta variant of the coronavirus to be the most prevalent among local cases of variants of concern (VOCs),...
JAKARTA: President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday he hoped Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccination rollout will hit one million shots a day by July, as...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expecting deliveries of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines manufactured in Thailand to be delayed, its science minister said on Wednesday, among...
BEIJING: Already famous at home, China’s wandering elephants are now becoming international stars. Major global media are chronicling the herd's more than yearlong,...
SYDNEY: Australia's second largest city Melbourne will exit a COVID-19 hard lockdown as planned on Thursday night, Victoria state authorities said, although some...
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia went mobile with its mass immunisation drive on Tuesday, with the rollout of the first of 40 vaccine trucks...
CANBERRA: US and Australian authorities hacked into an app used by criminals to read millions of encrypted messages, leading to hundreds of arrests...
New Delhi: Indian officials and health experts welcomed a federal government plan to give free COVID-19 shots to all adults as a step...
The Philippines has approved the use of Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd.’s coronavirus vaccine, adding to the more than 15 million doses expected to...
BEIJING: China's southern Guangdong province, spooked by a rise in novel coronavirus infections since May, stepped up mass testing this week in a...
Canberra, Australia: Australia’s largest electricity generator on Tuesday largely lost its court case alleging that the environmental group Greenpeace had breached copyright and...
TAIPEI: Taiwan's health minister warned on Tuesday of further delays to getting more COVID-19 vaccines but said the government was doing all it...
Biogen Inc. beat the odds, bringing the first drug intended to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease to the U.S market. Investors are...
SEOUL: South Korea injected 857,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday, setting a daily record in its inoculation drive that took its vaccination rate...
Eighteen people were killed in a fire on Monday at a chemical factory in the western Indian city of Pune, police said. The...
JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have drafted in more doctors and nurses to two areas on the islands of Java and Madura after hospitals there...
ISLAMABAD: A train in Pakistan smashed into derailed carriages of another train on Monday, killing at least 36 people, government officials said, in...
BAUAN, Philippines: The coronavirus pandemic is adding a new unwelcome element to sea pollution off the town of Bauan, a popular dive site...