Wellington: New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic...
Wellington: New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic...
TAIPEI: COVID-19 "passports" to show peoples' inoculation and infection history will be hard to do in practice but are a good idea, Taiwan...
Colombo: Sri Lanka and southern India battened down the hatches for the second time in a week on Wednesday ahead of the scheduled...
MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte issued an executive order on Wednesday granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to clear COVID-19...
Bangkok: Thailand's constitutional court ruled on Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha was "not guilty" of a conflict of interest for staying in...
SINGAPORE: Singapore has given U.S. start-up Eat Just the greenlight to sell its lab-grown chicken meat, in what the firm says is the...
SEOUL: From avoiding family members to skipping extra study at "cram schools", the coronavirus has forced nearly half a million South Korean test-takers...
BEIJING: A Chinese spacecraft sent to return lunar rocks to Earth collected its first samples Wednesday after landing on the moon, the government...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday approved $150 million in funding to buy COVID-19 vaccines, initially to cover the most vulnerable 5% of the...
NEW DELHI - Indian ministers and representatives of thousands of protesting farmers failed to break a deadlock over a set of new farm...
Hanoi: Vietnam reported two more coronavirus cases on Tuesday linked to a rare domestic infection in its commercial hub Ho Chi Minh City,...
Bangkok: Thai authorities urged calm on Tuesday as they scramble to trace a potential coronavirus outbreak after at least four women tested positive...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday urged residents to stay home as the city grapples with a resurgence of the...
Bangkok: Thailand's constitutional court on Tuesday warned against "vulgar" criticism of its rulings, on the eve of a crucial judgement that could see...
TOKYO: As a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeps Tokyo, a pop-up store near Japan's capital is luring Christmas shoppers with 250 types...
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities are closely monitoring several volcanoes after sensors picked up increased activity in recent weeks, prompting the evacuation of thousands...
Colombo: Sri Lanka freed hundreds of prisoners and said it would release thousands more after a riot sparked by anger over coronavirus cases...
BANDUNG, Indonesia: Perched on a hilltop overlooking the Indonesian city of Bandung neat lines of teepee-style tents are set up each evening on...
