GAZA: Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday (May 19) of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting. Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive against Hamas […]
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HANOI: Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang ordered on Tuesday (May 18) four industrial parks, including three that house production facilities of Taiwan’s Foxconn, to temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of COVID-19. The industrial parks will be closed until further notice, the province’s People’s Committee said in a […]
TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, saying that hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in COVID-19 infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary […]
GAZA CITY: The United Nations Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday (May 18) amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. A fireball accompanied by a plume of black smoke erupted over a Gaza […]
YANGON: Myanmar’s election last year reflected the will of the people and the army was unjustified in using alleged flaws as a reason to seize power, an international monitoring group said on Monday in its final report. The February 1 coup cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and […]
TAIPEI: A surge of coronavirus infections in Taiwan, one of the world’s Covid-19 mitigation success stories, has left it scrambling to get vaccines as its stock of 300,000 doses starts running out with only about 1 per cent of its 23 million people vaccinated. Taiwan has been a model of […]
MELBOURNE: Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said he was prepared to “climb Mount Everest” again to keep the Grand Slam at Melbourne Park next year after a report said it might have to be moved. State broadcaster ABC reported on Monday a government forecast that Australia’s borders would be […]
Despite restrictions from the US government, Huawei is still continutes to introduce new models for its flagship P-series. After several months of speculation, we have what appears to be the clearest look yet at the upcoming Huawei P50 series. These high-resolution renders were shared by @RODENT950 on Twitter and it […]
HONG KONG: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed on Sunday that North Korea has pulled out of next month’s qualifying tournament for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. The move comes after the country had already withdrawn from the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer because of concerns over […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s economic prospects are bright and growth this year will come in as expected as long as the COVID-19 situation can be brought under control quickly, the government said on Sunday (May 16), adding that the impact of a recent spike in cases was limited. Export-dependent Taiwan raised its […]