World / Asia

Taiwan expects much-anticipated first BioNTech vaccines to arrive soon 31 Aug 2021 - 10:30 am

TAIPEI: Around 900,000 doses of BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive in Taiwan soon, the health minister said on Tuesday, the first...

Australia in vaccine swap pact with Singapore as Covid-19 cases surge 31 Aug 2021 - 10:23 am

Canberra: Australia will receive 500,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Singapore this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, after Canberra...

Japan health minister says Okinawa vaccine contaminants likely from needle stick 31 Aug 2021 - 10:18 am

TOKYO: Japan's health minister said on Tuesday it was highly likely that foreign matter found in Moderna Inc COVID-19 vaccines in the southern...

Solar boom, pandemic curbs drive Australia's carbon emissions down 5% 31 Aug 2021 - 10:08 am

MELBOURNE: Australia's greenhouse gas emissions fell 5.3% in the year to March 2021 as coronavirus lockdowns reduced transportation exhaust and increases in solar...

New Zealand COVID-19 cases drop for second day amid lockdowns 31 Aug 2021 - 09:47 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's government on Tuesday reported that new COVID-19 cases fell for a second day, down to 49, amid the tight lockdown...

China cuts amount of time minors can spend on online games 30 Aug 2021 - 01:53 pm

SHANGHAI: Chinese regulators on Monday slashed the amount of time players under the age of 18 can spend on online games to an...

Duterte's top aide declines Philippine presidential nomination 30 Aug 2021 - 11:55 am

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's long-time aide has rejected the endorsement of the ruling party to run as its candidate in the 2022...

Japan finds COVID-19 infections in teachers who took students to Paralympics 30 Aug 2021 - 11:26 am

TOKYO: Japan has closed a school in the eastern city of Chiba for the rest of this week, after confirming COVID-19 infections in...

New Zealand's Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death 30 Aug 2021 - 11:07 am

Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a lockdown in Auckland by two weeks, while officials reported the country's first...

Indonesia schools start cautious reopening after devastating virus wave 30 Aug 2021 - 10:34 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia's capital Jakarta reopened 600 of its schools on Monday as coronavirus restrictions eased, though a teacher federation urged caution and warned...

Japan's Moderna vaccine contamination woes widen as 1 mln more shots withdrawn 30 Aug 2021 - 10:21 am

TOKYO: Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan have widened with another million doses being suspended, after foreign substances were found in...

India's COVID vaccine supply jumps, raising export hopes 30 Aug 2021 - 09:48 am

NEW DELHI: India's rising output of COVID-19 vaccines and the inoculation of more than half its adult population with at least one dose...

Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan 29 Aug 2021 - 05:39 pm

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del.: President Joe Biden met in solemn privacy Sunday with the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed in...

Rival faction in Philippines' ruling party tries to oust Duterte from chairman role 29 Aug 2021 - 03:41 pm

MANILA: A row between rival factions in the Philippines's ruling party escalated on Sunday when a group led by boxing star Emmanuel Pacquiao...

Macron says France, Britain to propose Kabul safe zone to UN 29 Aug 2021 - 02:35 pm

PARIS: France and Britain will submit a resolution to an emergency United Nations meeting due Monday proposing a safe zone in Kabul to...

Thailand to allow local flights to resume in COVID-risk areas 29 Aug 2021 - 01:03 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand will allow some domestic flights to and from Bangkok and other high risk areas for COVID-19 to resume from Sept. 1,...

India's Bharat Biotech scouts international COVID-19 vaccine partners 29 Aug 2021 - 12:58 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is seeking international manufacturing partners as it targets a billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine each...