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Rescuers carry a child to a boat during an evacuation of a flooded village in Qingyuan in southern Chinas Guangdong province. (AP)

At least 20 people dead or missing as rains flood South China

Nearly 3 million people have been affected by the floods with 228,000 forced to seek shelter and 1,300 homes destroyed

11 Jun 2020 12:59 PM GMT

People wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus as they walk at a retail and office complex in Beijing. (AP)

In post-lockdown China, schools grapple with sudden jump in student...

The heightened post-lockdown anxiety has become a matter of government concern as domestic media report a spate of...

11 Jun 2020 4:54 AM GMT

Commuters return from the capital city of Islamabad, in Rawalpindi. (AFP)

WHO calls for 'intermittent' lockdowns in Pakistan as virus surges

Hospitals across Pakistan say they are at or near capacity, and some are turning COVID-19 patients away

10 Jun 2020 8:28 AM GMT

Nepals foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali points to a map of Nepal. (AP)

Nepal still waiting for a response from India' to resolve border...

Nepal's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali says requests to talk were made in November and December last year, and again...

10 Jun 2020 5:03 AM GMT

Journalists chat near a screen showing President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan. (AP)

China dismisses Harvard study suggesting virus spread started in...

The research used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search...

10 Jun 2020 3:56 AM GMT

Government officials seal shut a barber shop for not observing the standard operating procedures issued by the Pakistan government to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP)

Pakistan puts foot down on safety breaches as coronavirus cases top...

Pakistan has been setting records for the number of new daily infections over the last 10 days, partly reflecting...

8 Jun 2020 10:23 AM GMT

Xu Lin, Vice head of the Publicity Department of Communist Party shows a copy of the white paper on fighting COVID-19 China in action during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. (AP)

China defends COVID-19 response in new report

The report lauds China's success in reducing the daily increase in new cases to single digits within about two months

7 Jun 2020 8:13 AM GMT

Health workers arrive to collect at a drive-through testing and screening facility for the coronavirus, in Islamabad. (AP)

Pakistan's virus deaths cross 2,000 mark

Prime Minister Imran Khan says the country is too poor to go into a full lockdown, which he warned would devastate a...

7 Jun 2020 7:46 AM GMT

People wearing face masks to protect against the new coronavirus walk outside of a shopping mall at a pedestran shopping street in Beijing. (AP)

China has 1st non-imported infection in 2 weeks

China says it has largely stopped the spread of the virus at home, though it continues to have occasional localized...

7 Jun 2020 4:25 AM GMT

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI)

Imran Khan gets court notice for defamation filed by Nawaz Sharif's...

Khan had alleged that Shahbaz Sharif offered him USD 61 million to withdraw the Panama Papers case in Supreme Court...

6 Jun 2020 7:42 AM GMT

Health officials in protective gear take a sample from a man at a screening and testing facility for COVID-19 in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP)

Pakistan reports record single-day spike in coronavirus deaths

Pakistan for the first time conducted over 20,000 tests in the past 24 hours

4 Jun 2020 8:13 AM GMT

An employee disinfects and cleans the classroom of a kindergarten in China. (AFP)

Security guard injures at least 39 in knife attack at China...

Local government in the Guangxi region's Cangwu county said 37 students and two adults suffered injuries of varying...

4 Jun 2020 7:29 AM GMT