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TOKYO: The second phase of Tokyo easing its coronavirus-linked business activities will begin on Monday, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Friday, despite a...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted the COVID-19 state of emergency in the five remaining prefectures still under restrictions,...

China reported zero new cases of the coronavirus for the first time since the country’s National Health Commission started releasing data. Yesterday,...

SINGAPORE: The current COVID-19 Circuit Breaker measures will be exited and the banned activities will be resumed in three phases starting from June 2,...

JAKARTA: Indonesia has scaled up detection on COVID-19 infections in the country as the number of cases leaped again in the last several days. The daily...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah urged the country's politicians on Monday to work towards stability and to avoid...

SYDNEY: Sydney began to ease some COVID-19 restrictions from Friday, allowing people to go to some beaches, pubs and eateries for recreational activities,...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday the nation should be prepared for a long battle against the coronavirus pandemic, warning that the...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand reported no new case of COVID-19 on Saturday, said a statement of the Ministry of Health, as the country is bracing the first...

Singapore: A Webinar was organized on Thursday jointly by the World Economic Forum – World Health Organization Western Pacific Region which brought key...