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By Marius Zaharia and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday defended herself against criticism...

By Emma Farge and Francesco Guarascio GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia opened up two islands close to Singapore to visitors from the city-state on Monday, officials said,...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 58 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the two most populous states, New South Wales...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 64 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, as the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW),...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo recorded its fourth record number of daily COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking above 10,000, while Japan's exceeded...

By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland is to scrap almost all its COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday after...

(Adds detail) PARIS (Reuters) - The prefect of Guadeloupe, the representative of the French central state in the overseas territory,...

(Refiles to fix grammatical error in first paragraph) PARIS (Reuters) - The French farming ministry on Thursday said that a...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will suspend face-to-face teaching in secondary schools from Monday until after the approaching Lunar...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital Beijing ramped up efforts to curb COVID-19 infections, ordering checks among cold-chain firms and urging...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported the lowest daily count of local confirmed COVID-19 infections in two weeks on Wednesday after...

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with his Cabinet on Wednesday to review...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' swine inventory increased by about 700,000 heads over the last 12 months owing to a...

BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese city of Tianjin reported fewer COVID-19 cases on Tuesday after measures such as conducting mass testing...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said they have arrested and charged two former flight attendants over allegations they...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Several Chinese cities went on high COVID-19 alert as the Lunar New Year holiday travel season started on...

By Piroschka van de Wouw AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters packed Amsterdam's streets on Sunday in opposition to the...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing will require travellers to get a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival in the Chinese...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday reported its first locally transmitted infection of the highly transmissible Omicron...