SHENZHEN, China: Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public...
SHENZHEN, China: Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public...
Seoul, South Korea: South Korea will ease its outdoor mask mandate starting next week as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline. Starting...
WARSAW, Poland: Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, says the war with Russia has not changed her husband but only revealed to the world...
GENEVA: Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization's regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong will shorten mandatory hotel quarantine for passenger flight crews to three days from seven, while cargo crews will be...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/AHMEDABAD,India: Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years while in parts of neighbouring India schools were shut...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka- Sri Lanka’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve...
The first known human case of H5 bird flu in the United States has appeared in a person in Colorado, the Centers for...
LONDON- Britain said on Friday it was sending experts to help Ukraine with gathering evidence and prosecuting war crimes, with a team due...
BEIJING/SEOUL- China has suspended cross-border freight train services with North Korea following consultations after COVID-19 infections in its border city of Dandong, the...
TOKYO- Japan located on Friday the hull of a tour boat off its northern coast, media said, six days after the vessel disappeared...
JOHANNESBURG- South Africa may be entering a fifth COVID-19 infection wave earlier than expected, after a sustained rise in infections over the past...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a long-awaited proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, a major victory for...
BOSTON- A shareholder proposal calling on Moderna Inc to study transferring production of COVID-19 vaccines to less-developed countries won 24% support from investors...
The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates, yet...
ROME- Face masks will remain compulsory in Italy on public transport and in some indoor venues until June 15, the health minister said...
Ukraine accused Russia on Thursday of stealing grain in territory it has occupied, an act which it said increased the threat to global...
WASHINGTON- U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he will make a decision on whether to forgive some federal student loan debt...
