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Asia

23 Dec
China is continuing to gear up for the Winter Olympics with construction on all venues now complete, despite concerns of delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic.  All 12 venues have completed construction...
23 Dec
One million doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the People's Republic of China to Myanmar arrived at Yangon International Airport by CZ 8083 Airlines at 10 am on December 22. The handover ceremony was...
22 Dec
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam met with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Wednesday to report on the territory's first legislative elections. During the talks, Li said China would continue to support...
22 Dec
Thailand on Tuesday decided to immediately reimpose a mandatory quarantine for visitors and suspend a “test-and-go” scheme for fully vaccinated arrivals as concerns grow over the spread of the omicron...
22 Dec
China on Tuesday announced sanctions on four members of the U.S. government's Commission on International Religious Freedom in retaliation for penalties imposed on Chinese officials over complaints of abuses...
21 Dec
Rescue teams on Monday worked to free people trapped by Malaysia’s worst flooding in years after heavy rains stopped following more than three days of torrential downpours in the capital and around the...
20 Dec
A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut landed back on Earth on Monday after wrapping up the first visit by self-paying space tourists to the International Space Station in more than a decade...
20 Dec
Japanese police on Sunday identified a 61-year-old man as a prime suspect behind a fire that engulfed a mental health clinic in an eight-story building where he was a patient, killing 24 people who were trapped...
20 Dec
The death toll rose to more than 200 following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year, with 52 people still missing and several central towns and provinces pleading for food and water, officials...
20 Dec
A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut departed the International Space Station and headed back to Earth, wrapping up the first visit by self-paying space tourists to the orbiting outpost in...

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