The Philippines has lifted a decade-old ban on offering nursing programs in more schools as it looks to boost supply to meet the...
The Philippines has lifted a decade-old ban on offering nursing programs in more schools as it looks to boost supply to meet the...
SEOUL, South Korea: Health officials in South Korea are expanding booster shots to adults 50 and over as COVID-19 cases creep up again...
NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in his role as the acting president, after President...
Shanghai: Shanghai residents queued up in sweltering heat for compulsory mass testing for COVID-19 on Tuesday, as persistent small outbreaks fuelled anxiety in...
Beijing: China's auto exports sustained their growth momentum last month, hitting a record high and soaring 57.4 percent year on year, industry data...
TOKYO: Japanese bid their final goodbye to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday as a family funeral was held at a temple...
BEIJING: Dozens of Chinese cities baked in scorching temperatures as heatwaves melted the roofs of buildings and buckled roads and sweltering weather drove...
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan immigration officials said on Tuesday they prevented the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of...
BEIJING: China's health authority said on Tuesday that local governments no longer need to test some imported goods for the coronavirus, in a...
COLOMBO: Hundreds of Sri Lankans jostled on Monday to use the vast array of exercise machines in the private gym of the presidential...
KARACHI: Monsoon rains over the past month have killed at least 150 people as downpours continue to lash Pakistan, triggering flash floods in...
Colombo: Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of...
TOKYO/NARA: Mourners streamed into a temple in Tokyo to pay their respects to Japan's slain former premier Shinzo Abe on Monday, as his...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, the prime minister's office said on Monday,...
BEIJING: Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub...
China’s Wuhan University reported a case of cholera, spurring a rush to trace contacts and stem potential further spread. The district’s health department...
The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops...
BEIJING: A large crowd of angry Chinese bank depositors faced off with police Sunday, some roughed up as they were taken away, in...