BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of...
BEIJING: Beijing on Wednesday closed around 10% of the stations in its vast subway system as an additional measure against the spread of...
MANILA: Philippine presidential candidates were in the provinces on Tuesday to drum up more support as the campaign entered its homestretch, in an...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s economy shrank by 4% compared with a year earlier in the quarter ending in March after the Chinese territory...
NEW DELHI: India's western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke since late March, the highest toll in the past...
TAIPEI: Taiwan announced on Tuesday it was cutting to seven days from 10 mandatory quarantine for all arrivals, its latest relaxation of the...
TOKYO: Japanese mother of three Maiko Takahashi was never one to pinch pennies or accept hand-me-downs for her children even though circumstances for...
TOKYO: Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade,...
NEW DELHI: India's electricity demand touched a record high in April as its northern states reeled under the hottest pre-summer months in decades,...
MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr has maintained his wide lead in the Philippines presidential election race in a new survey released on Monday, but...
Manila: Eight people have died, including six children, after a fire tore through scores of homes near the Philippines capital Manila, local officials...
A Shanghai nursing home resident was mistakenly taken to the morgue while still alive, state media reported, as the city's Covid-19 outbreak and...
Seoul: South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors as COVID-19 cases drop, but many people are not taking them...
Shanghai/Beijing: China's commercial capital of Shanghai was dealt a blow on Monday as authorities reported 58 new COVID-19 cases outside areas under lockdown,...
Unprecedented heat waves, which are putting lives, crops and power supply at risk in India, are set to continue in the northwestern and...
BEIJING: A woman was rescued Sunday from the rubble of a building in central China more than 50 hours after it collapsed, leaving...
BEIJING: Many Chinese are marking a quiet May Day holiday this year as the government's "zero-COVID” approach restricts travel and enforces lockdowns in...
Seoul: South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's transition committee on Sunday named top presidential aides for the incoming government, including the chief national security...
Sydney: Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday promised the country a "better future" in a campaign launch that was light on controversial...
