HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government said on Thursday it would extend a work-from-home plan for civil servants as health officials warned tougher...
HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government said on Thursday it would extend a work-from-home plan for civil servants as health officials warned tougher...
MANILA, Philippines: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is self-isolating after being exposed last weekend to a member of his household staff who had COVID-19,...
Tokyo: Japan needs about four times more foreign workers by 2040 to achieve the growth path the government has outlined in its economic...
Seoul: Some of South Korea's corporate giants have asked staff to test themselves for COVID-19 before returning to work on Thursday after the...
The streets of tsunami-hit Tonga were empty and silent on Thursday on the first full day of a lockdown imposed in the previously...
Denpasar, Indonesia: Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will welcome its first direct flight carrying foreign tourists for nearly two years on Thursday, but...
New Delhi: Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news...
TOKYO: Tokyo's new COVID-19 cases exceeded 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, dimming hopes that an Omicron-fueled wave of infections is peaking...
BEIJING: The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the "expected controllable range" despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior...
TOKYO: More than half of Tokyo's hospital beds set aside for COVID-19 patients were occupied on Tuesday, a level that officials have previously...
Thailand expects to welcome hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers a month with the kickoff of a quarantine-free visa program that’s set to serve...
Indiaplans to launch a central bank digital currency in the financial year starting in April, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget...
Patna: Niranjan Kumar, the eldest son of a small farmer in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, was one of 12.5 million youngsters...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will start welcoming back travellers from all countries from later this week, officials said on Monday, more...
SYDNEY: Australia reported its lowest daily COVID-19 deaths in two weeks on Monday while cases continued to trend lower as authorities braced for...
TOKYO: Japanese trading and pharmaceutical company Kowa Co Ltd said on Monday anti-parasite drug ivermectin has been found effective for treating the Omicron...
Beijing identified more than 100 coronavirus infections over the past three days among those in China for the Winter Olympics, taking the cumulative...
Phnom Penh: Cambodian dragon and lion dancer Gnuon Virak huddles his troupe together in a circle, before they let out a team cheer...
