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Xinhua 2020-05-25 16:00:03
The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific countries. TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolit...
Reuters 2020-05-25 14:16:11
When Manit Parikh’s mother tested positive for the new coronavirus, she was rushed by ambulance to Mumbai’s private Lilavati Hospital, but officials told the family no critical-care beds w...
-- 2020-05-25 11:15:16
Domestic flights will resume across India on Monday after a day of “hard negotiations”, the federal civil aviation minister said on Sunday, after some states sought to limit the number o...
-- 2020-05-25 10:36:44
A string of controversial missteps has slashed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support to levels that could threaten to end his term early, even as he prepares to lift a state of emergenc...
-- 2020-05-24 17:57:08
Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands protesting on Sunday against Beijing’s plan to directly impose national security laws on the city, signalling a return to m...
BBC 2020-05-24 17:52:51
Australia's western coast is being battered by a huge storm, which is heading for the main city of Perth. Torrential rains, strong winds and waves of up to eight metres (26ft) are forecast in some ar...
Xinhua 2020-05-24 17:05:16
Malaysia reported 60 new COVID-19 cases, with 33 of them traced to two immigration detention facilities, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. The Semenyih detention facility which had already seen a c...
-- 2020-05-24 16:27:15
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has done a good job and countries with decency will support the body, the Chinese government’s top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunda...
Xinhua 2020-05-24 16:00:54
The fast-moving events in recent months have taken Afghanistan closer to peace than ever, but the road ahead is far from smooth, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. Wang...
-- 2020-05-24 15:53:23
Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal government’s pla...
-- 2020-05-24 13:35:46
The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu opens on Sunday in a Jerusalem court, where he will become the first serving Israeli prime minister to face criminal prosecution, in a case he calls a politi...
REUTERS 2020-05-24 13:31:12
Malaysian doctor Muhammad Syahidd Al-Hatim was used to being away from his family on Eid al-Fitr, having spent the past two years celebrating the end of the holy Ramadan fasting month at Kuala Lumpur...
-- 2020-05-24 11:46:01
Thailand on Sunday reported no new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, maintaining the total to 3,040 confirmed cases and 56 fatalities since the outbreak began in January. Sunday was the fourth day...
Reuters 2020-05-24 11:43:46
Hundreds of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against Beijing’s controversial new plan to directly impose national security laws on the city, where a tight police presence guarded China&rs...
-- 2020-05-24 11:02:18
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a military meeting to discuss new policies to bolster the country’s nuclear capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks with the United States, Reuter...
Reuters 2020-05-24 10:36:21
The Taliban declared a three-day Eid ceasefire in Afghanistan starting Sunday, via a tweet on Saturday from the hardline Islamist group, and the country’s president said the government would rec...
-- 2020-05-23 22:34:55
A new cluster of coronavirus infections has broken out in Malaysia at a detention centre for undocumented migrants, authorities said on Saturday. Earlier, Malaysia arrested more than 2,000 foreigners...
-- 2020-05-23 22:01:44
Thailand on Saturday began testing a vaccine against the coronavirus on monkeys after positive trials in mice. Thailand's minister of higher education, science, and research and innovation, Suvit Mae...
-- 2020-05-23 21:50:24
The Rohingya people are still suffering persecution in Myanmar despite international court order, says UK-based right body Amnesty International. “Despite the International Court’s order,...
-- 2020-05-23 19:37:19
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from site of a place crash in Karachi, an airline spokesman said on Saturday, reports Reuters. "The black box had been found la...
AP 2020-05-23 18:31:22
South Korea reported 23 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, mostly from the densely populated Seoul area where authorities shut down thousands of nightclubs, bars and karaoke rooms to stem transmission...
Reuters 2020-05-23 17:23:44
A powerful cyclone that tore through India's eastern state of West Bengal this week has caused a damage of 1.0 trillion rupees ($13 billion) to infrastructure and crops, state officials said. Neighbo...
Reuters 2020-05-23 16:23:51
Indonesia confirmed on Saturday 949 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 21,745, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Yurianto reported 25 new deat...
REUTERS 2020-05-23 15:43:09
The death toll from Friday’s passenger aircraft crash in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi has been confirmed at 97 with two survivors, while no fatalities were reported from the dense r...
-- 2020-05-23 00:04:19
Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, authorities have announced. According to arabnews.com, the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Saudi Arabia, meaning Saturday will be the last da...
-- 2020-05-22 23:52:26
At least 66 people were killed in a plane crash that took place near an airport in Karachi, the capital of the Pakistani province of Sindh, on Friday. However, Sindh officials said it is unclear if t...
Reuters 2020-05-22 22:20:39
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people on board crashed into residential buildings in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday afternoon while approaching the airport. At least tw...
-- 2020-05-22 19:22:24
There are expected to be no survivors among those on board a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 99 passengers and crew that crashed into a residential area of Karachi on Friday, the...
Reuters 2020-05-22 16:57:18
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with around 100 passengers and crew crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern city of Karachi, with many feared dead, officials said, report...
-- 2020-05-22 16:19:29
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, peering down from his aircraft on Friday, saw the devastation and flooding caused by the most powerful cyclone to strike India and Bangladesh in more than a decade, befor...
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