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Food cravings stalks India's poor in COVID-19 pandemic double blow

Rasheeda Jaleel lives in dread that she might not have the ability to feed her...

Myanmar COVID-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup

Breathless, fevered and without the excess oxygen that may help keep them alive, the brand...

COVID-19 storm engulfs Mount Everest

Mount Everest guidebook Buddhi Bahadur Lama features spent days isolated in a tent after assessment...

COVID-19 sweeps through Thailand's overcrowded prisons

A good coronavirus surge sweeping through Thailand's prisons has thrown the spotlight on the kingdom's...

Southeast Asian states want to drop proposed UN demand Myanmar arms embargo

Nine Southeast Asian countries have proposed watering straight down a US General Assembly draft quality...

Vietnam detects hybrid of COVID-19 variants from India and UK

Vietnam health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday (May 29) the country has detected...

Philippines to authorise Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in 12-15 year olds

The Philippines allows the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children aged...

Taiwan struggles with COVID-19 assessment backlog amid major outbreak

Facing Taiwan’s major outbreak of the pandemic and searching for rapid virus test out products,...

Australian Yang Hengjun to handle court in Beijing on espionage charges

A Beijing courtroom will hear an espionage circumstance on Thursday (May 27) against Australian blogger...

Sinopharm's two COVID-19 shots more than 70% effective, study says

Two COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinopharm showed more than 70 per cent efficacy against symptomatic...

Johor sultan urges Malaysia government to consider complete lockdown if COVID-19 conditions continue to rise

Johor ruler Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar has needed the Malaysian government to consider "a complete lockdown"...

Groups of 21 Chinese runners want answers over tragedy

Members of the family of 21 runners who died when freezing rainfall and strong winds...

'Prepare for the worst type of’: Record 7,289 brand-new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia as hospital ICUs have a problem with surge

Malaysia on Tuesday (May 25) reported an archive 7,289 new COVID-19 cases, the best amount...

‘I actually started believing them’: How a foreign student fell victim to a good fake China official scam

When Sam (certainly not his real brand) received a phone call from someone claiming to...

Cyclone Yaas may make landfall found in Odisha, Bengal coastal areas flooded

The India Meteorological Section (IMD) said ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ Yaas has made landfall near...

2-hour limit for visits 'not sensible' to enforce, says Malaysia malls association

A new government directive that shoppers can only spend a maximum of two time in...