Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister
BANGKOK – A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on...
Japan ends state of emergency in 3 prefectures
TOKYO – Japan’s economy minister says experts have approved a government plan to remove a coronavirus state of emergency in Osaka and two neighboring...
Floods, rain hit India, Bangladesh; 24 dead
NEW DELHI – A powerful cyclone ripped through densely populated coastal India and Bangladesh, blowing off roofs and whipping up waves that swallowed embankments...
Masked against COVID-19, South Koreans return to class
SEOUL – South Korean high schools opened on Wednesday for the first time this year, with mask-wearing seniors returning to class in the vanguard...
India likely to welcome Trump’s malaria drug use
NEW DELHI – United States President Donald Trump’s declaration that he was taking a malaria drug of dubious effectiveness to help fend off the...
Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call
SINGAPORE - A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state’s...
Nicaragua seals off Costa Rica border to protest virus testing
MANAGUA – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega blamed new coronavirus-related health monitoring measures taken by neighboring Costa Rica for his country’s decision Monday to close...
Indigenous infections grew amid slow Brazil agency response
SAO PAULO – As COVID-19 reached remote indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, the government agency responsible for protecting native people brushed off calls for...
Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine against coronavirus
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that...
Hong Kong lawmakers clash as pro-Beijing camp elects chair
HONG KONG – Clashes broke out in Hong Kong’s legislature Monday for a second time this month as a pro-Beijing lawmaker was elected as...