JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s confirmed coronavirus infections since the pandemic began crossed 1 million on Tuesday and hospitals in some hard-hit areas were near...
KATHMANDU, Nepal: A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second-highest peak during the harsh winter season...
TOKYO: Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the...
Thousands of Indian farmers on tractors entered New Delhi Tuesday as the country marked its Republic Day, escalating protests against new agricultural laws...
New Zealand's borders will remain closed for most of this year as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, but the country will pursue travel...
MANILA: The Philippines has confirmed domestic transmission of the new, highly contagious British variant of the coronavirus, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to abandon...
CHENNAI, India - I ndia's government will pay tribute on Tuesday to ordinary workers - millions of whom have lost their jobs due...
NEW DELHI - Pfizer Inc will pursue its request for India to approve its COVID-19 vaccine if the government commits to buying shots,...
Kathmandu: Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was thrown out of the country's ruling Communist party on Monday, his opponents said, in...
SHANGHAI: China reported a climb in new COVID-19 cases driven by a spike in infections among previously symptomless patients in northeastern Jilin province,...
SEOUL: Drugmaker Pfizer Inc has filed an application seeking approval of its coronavirus vaccines to be used in South Korea as the country...
SYDNEY: Australia on Monday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use but warned AstraZeneca's international production problems mean the country would need to...
MELBOURNE: Searing heat scorched southeastern Australia on Monday, stoking bushfires near the city of Adelaide and driving crowds to the beaches on an...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Monday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in the community in months in a 56-year-old woman, but said close...
New Zealand reported its first case of the coronavirus in the community in two months. A 56-year-old woman fell ill several days after...
NEW DELHI - Police in India's capital New Delhi will allow thousands of protesting farmers to drive through the city after this week's...
Pakistan is close to granting approval to Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, as world’s fifth most-populous nation looks to start inoculations against the coronavirus....
BEIJING - China reported 80 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, mostly in the northeast where some residents complained they were short of food...
