BEIJING: China is poised to ease border restrictions to allow some foreigners -- including from the US, India and Pakistan -- back in, provided they have taken a Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine.

MANILA: The Philippine capital Manila will widen a ban on minors leaving their residences to include youths of up to 18 years old for two weeks starting on Wednesday, tightening coronavirus restrictions in a bid to tackle a new surge of infections.

The Department of Special Investigation is hunting a Chinese man who illegally obtained Thai identification documents which he used to set up businesses with registered capital of more than 3.6 billion baht.

TOKYO: China's accelerated military modernisation poses a clear and growing threat to Taiwan, and US intervention might only risk intensifying pressure from Beijing, US defence officials say.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported a daily record 105 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, as a rare outbreak spread further and authorities urged people not to travel between regions amid a sharp rise in infections.

YANGON: Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar's biggest city fled on flatbed trucks and tuk-tuks Tuesday after security forces escalated the use of lethal force against anti-coup protesters, despite international appeals for restraint...

HONG KONG: The United States on Tuesday accused Chinese state media of publishing "disinformation" about its diplomats in Hong Kong as it denied its staff invoked immunity to avoid isolating after positive coronavirus tests.

BEIJING: The encrypted messaging app Signal, recommended by Tesla's Elon Musk, appeared to have been blocked in China on Tuesday, closing off one of the last US social media platforms still freely available in the country.

PATHUM THANI: A male university student was found dead in wild grass in Thanyaburi district on Monday, with a knife wound to his neck.

Thailand on Tuesday added 149 new coronavirus cases, mostly in Bangkok, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 27,154. No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 87.