TOKYO: A Japanese advisory panel is set to approve the expansion of tougher measures against Covid-19 to 18 additional regions today, putting more than 70...

NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 infections, led by the Omicron variant, may see a sharp rise in the coming weeks, some top experts said, noting that...

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to end most Covid-19 measures introduced to curb the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in England...

Having limited the spread of the coronavirus through tough restrictions earlier in the pandemic, Australia is now suffering record caseloads from the Omicron variant. Australia...

SYDNEY: Australia has likely neared the peak of its Omicron wave, authorities said today, but warned daily infections will linger near record levels for “the...

BEIJING: The southern Chinese city of Zhuhai suspended public bus routes today after announcing it had detected at least seven cases of the highly transmissible...

JAKARTA: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island today, the United States Geological Survey said, as buildings were reported shaking in the capital Jakarta....