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May 15, 2022 10:50 AM

The city of 25 million people has been locked down for more than six weeks.

While the landmark decision is at risk of being rolled back in the US, no such debates have roiled Asia, although a stigma persists in some places.

May 15, 2022 10:17 AM

The price hike is due to a 50% drop in durian production due to weather conditions.

May 15, 2022 9:55 AM

Okinawans are concerned they could once more end up on the front lines due to new regional tensions.

May 15, 2022 9:46 AM

JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo met Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk on Saturday (May 14) in Texas to discuss potential investments and technology, Indonesia's government said in a statement.

Sate media said a total of 42 people had died, with 324,550 still under medical treatment.

As refugees detained for years are abruptly released, some think the upcoming election is the reason.

May 15, 2022 5:31 AM

State news agency KCNA did not report how many of those cases had tested positive for Covid-19.

May 15, 2022 5:00 AM

The country’s fruit varieties have increasingly made their way to the region and beyond.

While both the ruling Liberal coalition and opposition Labor parties are talking tough on Beijing, analysts say the latter may adopt a ‘less provocative’ brand of diplomacy.

North Korea is uniquely vulnerable to the virus, and the options to control its spread are limited.

Since the coup some monks have joined protests opposing the brutal crackdown, while others have defended the military junta; monastic code prohibits some 300,000 from voting or taking part in politics.

New Delhi-based surgeon Dr Narendra Kaushik intends to perform the surgery at his clinic using a donated organ; the only case of a trans woman having a uterus transplant in 1931 resulted in her death.

May 14, 2022 9:49 PM

While US$150 million was pledged to drive cooperation, details of economic initiatives were lacking.

Adjustment will ‘protect around one million minimum wage earners’ from ‘undue low pay’ and restore ‘purchasing power’, Labour Department said;

Participating nations issued a statement calling for the ‘immediate cessation of hostilities’ in Ukraine but did not use words such as ‘Russia,’ ‘war’ or ‘invasion’

May 14, 2022 8:59 PM

SYDNEY - For political candidates in the Australian electorate of Durack - one of the largest seats in the world - the traditional campaign technique of knocking on doors of residents to try to win their votes is no easy feat.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the ministers after his brother PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned and new PM Ranil Wickremesing was instated; protesters demanded resignations of the Rajapaksas in worst economic crisis.

May 14, 2022 6:45 PM

Kim Jong Un has ordered a lockdown of major cities and told officials to learn from China's virus control measures.

Leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party Christopher Luxon unable to leave premises for fear of encountering demonstrators angry about vaccine mandates; protesters disillusioned with Government’s Covid policies.