World Health Organization says five more countries — Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Serbia and Vietnam — will receive support from its mRNA technology transfer hub in SA
Country is on the verge on humanitarian disaster with about 26-million people facing starvation as borders remain closed
Country is the world’s biggest importer of the legume and wants to reduce its heavy reliance on food imports
Like mainland China, city aims to eradicate outbreaks at all costs, still targeting all infections for isolation
Investigation into suspected corporate governance lapses at country’s biggest bourse
Fresh curbs imposed on junta’s government ministers, army chiefs and state-owned entities
This is the first time the firms have faced sanctions under China’s new anti-foreign sanctions law drawn up last year
Debate on who has the right to represent the country could overshadow hearing
In South Korea tattooing is considered a procedure that only medical professionals can legally perform
Officials are ramping up preparations for the mandatory testing of all residents, a tactic used regularly in mainland China
Proposal undermines association’s counterterrorism efforts, military government says
More than 50 international flights will reach the country through the day, including 27 touching down in Sydney
A Chinese navy vessel pointed a laser at a maritime patrol aircraft that was flying over the Arafura Sea north of Australia
No end in sight after more than two years of restrictions alongside a deepening political crackdown
Western Australia was one of the world’s last Covid-zero holdouts, maintaining strict border measures to isolate the state from the rest of the country
CEO Carrie Lam says details are still being worked out to test all the 7.5-million residents
Some patients are left lying on beds outside the hospitals in cold weather, in shocking scenes that prompted an apology from Hong Kong authorities
The case came to light in late January after a video was posted on Chinese social media that showed the woman chained up in the cold
Police stood guard as pupils, some in the head covering, walked into the school where the rallies started
Roger Ng and Tim Leissner will be in a Brooklyn courtroom on Wednesday in a trial over the looting of Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund
