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-- 2021-01-11 15:50:19
A World Health Organization (WHO) team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic will arrive in China on Jan 14, China's national health authority said on...
Reuters 2021-01-11 11:47:34
Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in Covid-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding...
-- 2021-01-11 10:44:31
About 80 per cent of people in Japan say this year’s Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or delayed as worries mount about a record surge in coronavirus cases across the country, a Kyodo News pol...
-- 2021-01-10 17:52:49
"Bye bye family. We're heading home for now," Ratih Windania posted on Instagram from Jakarta's airport with pictures of three laughing children and two emojis blowing kisses. The message was sent ju...
-- 2021-01-10 17:44:15
Men wearing traditional loin clothes and women dressed in white robes clapped and chanted before going into an ice water bath during a Shinto ritual at a Tokyo shrine on Sunday to purify the soul and...
Reuters 2021-01-10 17:21:39
The daily number of new coronavirus cases has doubled in China, prompting tougher movement restrictions and, in the capital, passengers must scan a health code before boarding a cab or ride-hailing ca...
Reuters 2021-01-10 15:51:01
Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and suspected pieces of...
-- 2021-01-09 23:02:23
After Facebook suspended US President Donald Trump for inciting violence, rights body Burma Campaign UK has repeated its call to Facebook to stop the Myanmar military using Facebook to recruit members...
-- 2021-01-09 21:32:51
The Indonesian Navy has determined the coordinates of a Sriwijaya Air plane that went missing after taking off from the capital Jakarta and ships have been deployed to the location, Navy official Abdu...
Reuters 2021-01-09 19:03:28
India will start its COVID-19 vaccination drive from Jan 16 with priority given to about 30 million healthcare and frontline workers, a government statement said on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra...
Reuters 2021-01-09 18:52:30
Buildings shook briefly in Taipei on Saturday as a deep, 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Taiwan, but there were no reports of damage. The quake’s epicentre was jus...
-- 2021-01-09 18:48:19
Rescuers looking for an Indonesian plane that lost contact after taking off from the capital Jakarta on Saturday have found suspected debris in waters north of the city, an official of the Basarnas se...
-- 2021-01-09 17:20:54
A Sriwijaya Air plane with more than 50 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesian capital Jakarta on Saturday en route to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province, local media reporte...
-- 2021-01-09 16:23:42
National Health Commission official Zheng Zhongwei said that while manufacturing and transport of vaccines have costs, the government can provide vaccines for free to individuals. "Our people don't h...
REUTERS 2021-01-09 15:57:55
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday the nation would continue to export medicines, including vaccines, as companies have ramped up production. The country, with the highest number of...
Reuters 2021-01-09 13:28:06
Ten newborns were killed on Saturday in a massive fire at a hospital in Maharashtra, India’s richest state, a doctor said, as leading politicians expressed grief at the loss of life. “The...
Reuters 2021-01-08 22:25:00
The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and said they will meet again in a week’s time. Tens o...
-- 2021-01-08 21:50:20
The number of people who have been infected with COVID-19 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the virus was first identified, could be around three times the official figure, according to a study by C...
-- 2021-01-08 17:49:48
The United Arab Emirates will reopen all its land, sea and air entry points with Qatar starting Saturday, state news agency WAM reported on Friday. Saudi Arabia announced a breakthrough in ending a d...
-- 2021-01-08 17:10:48
A COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech is deemed halal, or permissible under Islam, Indonesia's Ulema Council said on Friday, days before the country is scheduled to start its inoculation prog...
REUTERS 2021-01-08 15:37:13
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday banned the government from importing new coronavirus vaccines from the United States and Britain. “Imports of US and British vaccine...
-- 2021-01-07 17:26:28
Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of the coronavirus, hoping that less-stringent curbs than imposed e...
-- 2021-01-07 15:18:20
The number of fresh COVID cases is rising across the world with each passing day -- now surpassing the 87 million mark. According to Johns Hopkins University, the overall death toll from coronavirus...
-- 2021-01-07 14:45:07
Tens of thousands of farmers on tractors occupied a stretch of an expressway on the periphery of the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday in one of the biggest shows of strength since they began a sit...
-- 2021-01-07 10:17:35
China has notified downstream neighbours it is holding back the Mekong River flow at a hydropower dam on the waterway’s upper reaches for 20 days, as part of a new data-sharing pact, the Mekong...
-- 2021-01-06 19:36:34
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his five-year economic plan had failed to meet its goals “on almost every sector” as he kicked off a congress of the ruling Workers’ Party. The...
-- 2021-01-06 17:37:01
Chinese authorities on Wednesday imposed travel restrictions and banned gatherings in the capital city of Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, in the latest escalation of measures to stave off ano...
-- 2021-01-06 14:07:14
The world continues to grapple with a steady rise in coronavirus (Covid-19) infections, with total cases crossing the 86 million mark on Wednesday. The total caseload globally stood at 86,379,672, wi...
-- 2021-01-05 22:36:41
India will begin exporting COVID-19 vaccines “within a fortnight” of their roll-out, the BBC has reported citing an Indian foreign ministry official. The official dismissed reports that I...
-- 2021-01-05 20:33:50
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman opened a Gulf Arab summit on Tuesday by taking aim at Iran and lauding a deal towards ending a long-running dispute with Qatar. Prince Mohammed e...
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