Sydney: Australia announced Thursday Aus$2billion ($1.4 billion) to retrain workers impacted by the coronavirus fallout, as unemployment rose to its highest level in...
Sydney: Australia announced Thursday Aus$2billion ($1.4 billion) to retrain workers impacted by the coronavirus fallout, as unemployment rose to its highest level in...
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - The World Health Organization said Wednesday it was "concerned" about reports of pneumonia in Turkmenistan, a closed Central Asian country...
MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is enforcing partial coronavirus restrictions in the capital for another two weeks, and warned that stricter curbs would...
Indonesia plans to fine violators of social distancing rules under a new law as President Joko Widodo steps up efforts to contain the...
MANILA: Philippine police are being deployed to ensure people who test positive for the coronavirus and cannot self-isolate at home are taken to...
NEW DELHI: As India’s confirmed coronavirus cases approach 1 million, lockdowns are being reimposed in parts of the country as local governments try...
HONG KONG: A younger, more defiant generation of Hong Kong democrats has secured the most votes in unofficial primary elections in the Chinese-ruled...
NEW DELHI - Chinese companies such as TikTok-owner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have...
BISWAMBHARPUR, Bangladesh: Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Tuesday, with a third of Bangladesh...
MANILA: Philippine authorities and police will carry out house-to-house searches for COVID-19 patients to prevent wider transmission, a minister said on Tuesday, amid...
BENGALURU/MUMBAI: India's high-tech hub of Bengaluru will go back into a coronavirus lockdown for a week on Tuesday after a surge of infections,...
Makassar, Indonesia: At least 15 people were killed and dozens missing after flash floods left hundreds of houses buried in mud on the...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: The United States on Monday rejected China's claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, drawing criticism from China...
Seoul: South Korea outlined a plan on Tuesday to spend 114.1 trillion won ($94.6 billion) on a "New Deal" to create jobs and...
KARACHI, Pakistan - Pakistan has achieved the UN Sustainable Development Goal for protecting the environment and holding off climate change a decade before...
MANILA - The Philippines reported on Monday its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths and warned of a risk of further fatalities and...
Wellington - New Zealand's opposition leader Todd Muller quit Tuesday after just seven weeks in the role, leaving his party in disarray with...
NEW DELHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right of a former royal dynasty to run the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, one...