WELLINGTON: Under pressure from businesses and public sectors facing a worker shortage that policymakers fear will fuel inflation, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...
WELLINGTON: Under pressure from businesses and public sectors facing a worker shortage that policymakers fear will fuel inflation, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...
BEIJING: China reported on Monday more COVID-19 infections in its latest outbreak of the disease, while some cities added rounds of mass testing...
SYDNEY: Australia expanded a COVID-19 lockdown to a rural town and the coastal region of Byron Bay on Monday, as fears grew that...
SEOUL: South Korea's health minister apologised for COVID-19 vaccine shortages on Monday, saying U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc would deliver less than half its...
India’s Supreme Court allowed an antitrust investigation to proceed against Amazon.com Inc.’s local unit and Walmart Inc.-backed Flipkart Internet Pvt. for allegedly abusing...
Malaysia eased virus restrictions for those who have completed the full vaccination regime, allowing them to cross state borders and dine at restaurants...
Singapore: The Singapore government will adjust foreign worker policies to address concerns among locals over competition for jobs, even as the global business...
Kabul: Taliban fighters have seized key government buildings in the northeastern Afghan city of Kunduz, leaving government forces hanging onto control of the...
Bangkok: More than a thousand Thai anti-government protesters clashed with police on Saturday, as they demonstrated against the government's failure to handle coronavirus...
India has approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Saturday, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a tweet. The...
Manila: The Philippines' health ministry recorded on Saturday 11,021 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day case increase in almost four months, and 162...
Tokyo: Japanese police said Saturday they arrested a man who stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo hours earlier, in what...
TOKYO: A man with a knife stabbed at least 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo on Friday and was arrested by...
Thailand is bracing for the emergence of new Covid clusters as the highly infectious delta variant spreads rapidly beyond the current epicenter of...
HANOI: Vietnam's capital Hanoi will extend coronavirus restrictions until Aug. 22, its health ministry said on Friday, after authorities warned of new clusters...
MANILA: The Philippines placed its Manila capital region under a two week lockdown on Friday as the Southeast Asian country's health ministry reported...
AKSHYMYRAU, Kazakhstan: Dead horses lie scattered across the arid steppe of Kazakhstan's Mangistau peninsula where severe drought has left the animals without food...
BEIJING: China reported on Friday its highest daily count of new COVID-19 patients in an outbreak that began in late July, fuelled by...
