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Asia

1 Sep
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, a senior leader of India's Congress party who served in multiple Cabinets during five decades in politics, has died. He was 84. Mukherjee had emergency surgery for a blood...
1 Sep
White House special adviser Jared Kushner thanked the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for helping to complete a "truly historic flight" from Israel to the UAE. A Star of David-adorned El Al plane...
31 Aug
India has registered a record new 78,761 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the worst single-day spike in the world, as the government continues to further ease pandemic restrictions nationwide. The Health...
30 Aug
At least 17 people died when a restaurant in northern China collapsed on Saturday with rescuers pulling dozens of survivors from the rubble and searching for others believed to be trapped. The two-storey building...
28 Aug
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited farmland affected by Typhoon Bavi and expressed relief the damage was "smaller than expected", the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported early on Friday....
26 Aug
North Korean state media on Wednesday showed leader Kim Jong Un at a meeting of a top committee issuing warnings about the coronavirus, following the international speculation over his state of health. Kim...
21 Aug
Industrial robotic arms are the focus at the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show on Friday, which features more than 750 exhibitors. The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up industrial automation as factories...
19 Aug
Around 6000 South Korean police officers who were on duty during a rally on the weekend are tested for COVID-19. South Korea on Tuesday ordered nightclubs, museums and buffet restaurants closed and banned large...
18 Aug
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake shook the central Philippines on Tuesday, sending residents fleeing their homes and damaging buildings and roads, with at least one person killed. The shallow quake struck southeast of...
17 Aug
Japan's economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday. Yasutoshi...

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