France and Britain on Friday joined a growing list of nations imposing Covid tests on travellers from China, and the World Health Organization pressed Beijing to...
SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) says it is watching the global COVID-19 situation worldwide closely and stand ready to reinstate border health measures for...
SINGAPORE — Prof Paul Ananth Tambyah, Senior Consultant in the Division of Infectious Diseases of National Unversity Hospital had suggested that government should get rid of...
SELANGOR, MALAYSIA — A 28-year-old cook died from an explosion in front of a restaurant in Pandan Indah, Ampang Jaya after a package left on his...
MADRID, SPAIN — Passengers arriving at Spanish airports from China will be screened for COVID, Madrid’s health minister said on Friday, following an explosion of cases...
PARIS, FRANCE — Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an...
SELANGOR, MALAYSIA — Malaysia civil servants now may need to have a stronger heart as well as being constantly alert, as some of their ministers might...
YANGON, MYANMAR — Myanmar’s junta has thrown the book at Aung San Suu Kyi since it ousted her government last year, charging the democracy figurehead with...
by Isabelle Tourne and Daniel Lawler PARIS, FRANCE — The true global death toll of COVID-19 remains difficult to nail down three years after the first...
NAYPYIDAW, MYANMAR — Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended...
SINGAPORE — On Thursday (29 Dec), Singapore Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced that more than 100,000 people will receive awards for their contribution to Singapore’s fight...
by Rodrigo Almonacid SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Reuters reported on Thursday (29 Dec 2022) that around 9,000 people in China are probably dying each day from COVID-19. The estimate came from...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travellers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing...
BEIJING, CHINA — China has insisted the data it publishes on COVID-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, despite the official figures being tiny...