BEIJING: Sinopharm said on Friday its biotech unit has received regulatory approval for clinical trials of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron...
BEIJING: Sinopharm said on Friday its biotech unit has received regulatory approval for clinical trials of its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron...
Seoul: South Korea will drop rules that require people to wear masks in most indoor spaces, authorities said Friday, ending one of the...
TOKYO: Masami Fujino got his first raise in 20 years recently, but it's still not enough to let the Tokyo day labourer treat...
TOKYO: Japanese supermarket owner Hiromichi Akiba has built his bustling business through close ties with his neighbourhood - the reason, he says, he...
SEOUL: Fire swept through part of a shanty town in the South Korean capital, Seoul, on Friday, destroying 60 homes, many constructed from...
HANOI: As China, Japan and other East Asian countries prepare to celebrate the start of the Lunar Year of the Rabbit on Sunday,...
GENEVA: China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according...
A team of Ukrainians has been learning demining techniques in Cambodia, one of the world's most heavily landmined countries after decades of civil...
At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on...
NEW DELHI:India's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat...
New Delhi: A major Indian journalist group urged the government to reject a proposal to police fake news on social media, saying such...
SEOUL: South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday called for strengthening the resilience of global supply chains, describing it as one of the...
For two months now, 23-year-old Russian Vladimir Maraktayev has been living in an airport departure lounge. On Sept. 24, having received draft papers...
A Chinese woman who lived under a fake identity for 25 years after stealing more than half a million dollars from a bank...
Tokyo: A pair of scuba divers has captured rare video and photos of a 2.5-metre (eight-foot) giant squid swimming in the waters off...
Hong Kong will stop requiring people infected with Covid to isolate as the government seeks to revive the economy. The isolation order will...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced she is stepping down in a shock resignation ahead of a general election later this year....
Manila: Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was on Wednesday acquitted of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has long maintained...
