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Tokyo: The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan increased by 18 to reach 17,220, according to the latest figures from the health ministry and local authorities...

BEIJING: China will make its COVID-19 vaccine a global public good when it is ready for application after successful research and clinical trials, a senior...

New Zealand declared no known active COVID-19 cases on Monday, with the country due to relax nearly all of its coronavirus restrictions. A statement from...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is further easing restrictive measures to allow nearly all social, education, commercial activities to resume since the latest figure...

2019 has become a period of a new historical year for Kazakhstan. For the first time, a key issue on the national agenda as a transit of power in domestic...

The Tokyo city government on Tuesday warned residents to stay at home unless they have urgent business to conduct, and instructed citizens to...

TOKYO: The Japanese government has no immediate plan to reinstate a state of emergency for the capital of Tokyo and Fukuoka Prefecture despite an increase...

MOSCOW: Russia has confirmed 9,268 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total tally to 405,843, its coronavirus response center said in a...

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,...