Japan's prime minister on Wednesday announced plans to extend COVID-19 restrictions in Tokyo and 12 other areas for three more weeks as cases of the omicron variant remain high.
Fumio Kishida said he...
South Korea's health ministry urged citizens to get vaccinated. COVID-19 cases topped 40,000 for the first time, with the health ministry reporting 49,567 cases on Wednesday.
The recent resurgence was...
Thailand's Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul signed a measure officially dropping cannabis completely from his ministry's list of controlled drugs on Tuesday, an action that takes the Southeast...
South Korea broke its single-day record for new coronavirus cases on Thursday, reporting 22,907 new infections. It is the second day in a row South Korea has reported over 20,000 cases within the space of 24 hours...
Campaigning in the Philippines' presidential election began Tuesday with the candidates including the pro-democracy current vice president. The official three-month campaign for national posts opened under...
Students across Nepal lined up to pray at the temple of a Hindu goddess on Sunday as the country celebrated the annual Basant Panchami festival.
The goddess Saraswati is considered to be the deity of wisdom,...
The state funeral took place on Sunday of Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia. Mangeshka died...
Australia celebrated Lunar New Year on Saturday with dragon boat races at Sydney's harbourside. More than 3,000 paddlers are taking part in the annual competition.
Competitors raced in 12-metre-long boats...
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Beijing to discuss global issues such as the coronavirus pandemic and world development on Saturday.
Xi told Guterres that...
Four Swedish citizens and their Austrian guide have been killed in an avalanche near the Austrian-Swiss border. The avalanche occurred in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Authorities in Austria are warning of...
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