SINGAPORE: The situation concerning elevated safe distancing measures in public places has "improved significantly" compared to the last few days,...
SINGAPORE: Five McDonald’s employees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, said the fast food chain in a press release on Sunday...
HONG KONG: People in Hong Kong thronged beaches, ferries and outlying islands on Sunday (Apr 12), many of them violating...
SINGAPORE: At one point of time, there were so many tubes and devices attached to the body of Bambang Sugeng...
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday (Apr 12) announced 117 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall official toll to 4,474,...
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis called on Sunday (Apr 12) for global solidarity in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and its economic...
Asia Myanmar's New Year festival of Thingyan is the country's biggest public holiday - normally a week of nation-wide celebration and...
DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday (Apr 12) announced a relief package worth about US$1.7 billion to help farmers struggling because of...
NEW DELHI: Coronavirus cases in Mumbai's densely populated Dharavi slum - one of Asia's biggest - have risen to 43...
SINGAPORE: Nine in 10 Singaporeans will on Tuesday (Apr 14) receive the S$600 one-off cash payout announced as part of the...
SHANGHAI: China is stepping up scrutiny of inbound foreigners and tightening border control after the number of single-day imported coronavirus...
Commentary Commentary Annual leave rosters were always a nightmare to devise but now they have become impossible, says the Financial...
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the staff of Britain's state-run National Health Service, in...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Roman Catholic Church said Sunday (Apr 12) it had forgiven the suicide bombers behind the attacks that...