Misc Asia

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 29, 2020 - Malaysia’s 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad lost out in a battle to become prime minister on Saturday as the king...

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 25, 2020 — Malaysia’s Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammed is trying to form a national unity government under his personal authority, drawing...

Seoul-Shanghai, Feb 24, 2020- International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China grew on Sunday with sharp rises in infections in South Korea,...

Rio de Janeiro, Feb 21, 2020 - The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) unveiled a statue of Pele at its headquarters on Thursday, the first...

Seoul-Beijing, Feb 20, 2020 - The streets of South Korea’s fourth-largest city were abandoned on Thursday, with residents holed up indoors after dozens of...

Baku, Feb 12, 2020 - Formula One’s Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus in the country, organizers...

Beijing, Feb 10, 2020 - People across China trickled back to work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government...

Beijing, Feb 8, 2020 - A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials...

Beijing-Shanghai, Feb 7, 2020 - A Chinese doctor reprimanded for warning of a “SARS-like” coronavirus before it was officially recognized died of the illness...

Shanghai-Beijing, Feb 6, 2020 - China’s fast-moving coronavirus spread among passengers of a quarantined Japanese cruise liner on Thursday and dragged down production at...