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A doctor is seen wearing a facemask while looking at a lung CT image from a patient at a hospital in Wuhan. AFP Photo

First COVID-19 case could have hit China in October 2019: Study

The most likely date for the virus's emergence was November 17, 2019, and it had probably already spread globally by...

25 Jun 2021 10:12 AM IST

The newspaper said it was forced to cease operations after police froze $2.3 million of its assets, searched its office and arrested five top editors. (AP Photo)

Hong Kong's last pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, sells out final...

While pro-democracy media outlets still exist online, it was the only print newspaper of its kind left in the city

24 Jun 2021 7:00 PM IST

Sri Lankan health officials collect swab samples from people to test for the coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka detects first community case of Delta variant of coronavirus

Sri Lanka's COVID-19 vaccination began in late January with India's gift of 500,000 Covishield AstraZeneca vaccines

18 Jun 2021 1:34 PM IST

A Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location. China sent a record 28 fighter jets, 14 of them J-16s, towards the self-ruled island of Taiwan on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the islands defense ministry said, the largest such display of force since China started flying planes towards the island last year. (via AP)

Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan air defence zone for sixth time this...

Taiwan had recently signed two contracts with US for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and Harpoon Coastal Defence...

18 Jun 2021 12:07 PM IST

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, on June 2, 2021, in Tokyo.

Japan set to ease virus emergency ahead of Olympics

Japan has been struggling since late March to slow a wave of infections propelled by more contagious variants

17 Jun 2021 11:13 AM IST

Shenzhou 12 space mission: China will send three astronauts -- Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo -- as its first crew to a new space station today. (AP Photo)

China successfully launches first crewed mission for space station...

The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert

17 Jun 2021 9:35 AM IST

This photo taken on June 13, 2021 shows nearly 9000 graduates, including more than 2000 students who could not attand the graduation ceremony last year due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, attanding a graduation ceremony at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Masks off, mortarboards on: Wuhan sheds Covid for mass graduation

The city held limited graduation ceremonies last year, with Wuhan University hosting a mostly-online event in June last...

15 Jun 2021 12:07 PM IST

Chinas military budget -- the second largest in the world after the US, though still less than a third of Washingtons -- is set to increase by 6.8 percent in 2021, the finance ministry announced in March. (Representational image: AFP)

Beijing accuses NATO of exaggerating 'China threat theory'

Military tensions have increased over the past year between China and rival powers including the United States and India

15 Jun 2021 11:53 AM IST

Leaders of the G7 pose for a group photo on overlooking the beach at the Carbis Bay Hotel in Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Photo: AP)

As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate

The re-energized G-7 made ambitious declarations during their meetings

13 Jun 2021 2:08 PM IST

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship with its Long March-2F carrier rocket is being transferred to the launching area of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Chinas Gansu province, on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Rocket on pad, China ready to send first crew to space station

The three astronauts plan to spend three months on the space station doing spacewalks, construction, maintenance work,...

10 Jun 2021 1:48 PM IST

Official figures released late on Thursday showed 122 cases across the country for the second time in three days. (Photo: PTI/File)

COVID-19 outbreak builds in Myanmar near Indian border

Medics are concerned that few cases are being detected

4 Jun 2021 3:41 PM IST

The security guard opened fire after an argument with the producer of the drama, according to initial information. (Photo: AFP/File)

Nine hurt during TV shoot as security guard opens fire in Pak's...

The security guard, identified as Gul Chai, has been arrested

3 Jun 2021 9:16 AM IST