Colombo: Streets in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo were calm on Saturday after the president declared a state of emergency following escalating anti-government...
Colombo: Streets in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo were calm on Saturday after the president declared a state of emergency following escalating anti-government...
MANILA: Street vendor Nellie Baraquio will cast a ballot in a presidential election in the Philippines for the first time on Monday, and...
MANILA: Philippine motorcycle enthusiast John Aldwin Bagabagon rode easier than many other local motorcyclists and drivers this year as domestic fuel prices surged...
SHANGHAI- China is setting up thousands of permanent PCR testing stations, with 9,000 already completed in Shanghai alone, as authorities seek to "normalise"...
NEW DELHI- The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because...
NEW DELHI- India's prime minister on Thursday urged states and federally administered territories to prepare heat action plans, as south Asia swelters under...
India said that deaths in 2020 rose at a slower pace than previous years despite the proliferation of the novel coronavirus, in a...
India is considering restricting wheat exports as severe heat waves have damaged crops, prompting the government to prioritize domestic consumption over supplying the...
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...
