A pair of migrant workers in Taiwan were slapped with a hefty fine for sneaking out to buy snacksA pair of Indonesian fishermen have been fined NT$100,000 (US$3,610) each by Taiwanese health authorities for leaving their quarantine hotel rooms for ju...

By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, January 24 (ANI): In reporting its latest operating data, Singapore Airlines (SIA), co-owner of Gurgaon-based Vistara airlines, revealed that it carried 600,000 passengers in December, nearly doubled the number of passengers...

JAKARTA -- Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 2,925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,286,378, according to the country's Health Ministry. The ministry said that in the past 24 hours, the death toll from COVID-19 in Indone...

JAKARTA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 2,925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,286,378, according to the country's Health Ministry. The ministry said that in the past 24 hours, the death toll from ...

Every day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels.But when most of his fellow riders head to a petrol pump to refuel, he takes his e-motorbike to one of Taiwan's increasingly commonplace battery-swappi...

© Provided by Xinhua by Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Wang AonaJAKARTA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Ahmad Faisal is a volunteer with the Harimau Kita (Our Tiger) Forum, a non-profit organization working to protect the Sumatran tiger in Indone

JAKARTA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Health confirmed the first two deaths from the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday amid a spike in cases triggered by the more infectious virus. The ministry's spokesperson Siti Nadia Tarmizi s...

HERAT, Afghanistan -- At least seven civilians, including four women, were killed and nine others wounded when a bomb blast hit a minibus in Herat city, capital of Afghanistan's western Herat province, on Saturday, a provincial official said. (Afghan...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 22 (ANI): Navdeep Kaur, who won the Costume Round at the Mrs World 2022 competition held in Nevada, Las Vegas, recently spoke about her experience of winning the honour and urged people not to lose their individu...

JAKARTA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Saturday confirmed 3,205 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 22, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelagic country. With the increase, the country's tally of inf...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Saturday, with no preliminary report on damage or casualty, the weather agency and two officials said. The tremor did not potential...

NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Australia crushed Indonesia 18-0 on Friday in the ongoing Women Asia Football Cup in India. Australian women scored nine goals in each half in the Pune city of India's south-western state of Maharashtra. Indonesian girl...

SEOUL -- One person was confirmed dead and three others were injured in a fire that broke out at an automotive battery factory in South Korea's southern city, Yonhap news agency reported Friday. The fire broke out at about 3:00 p.m. local time (0600 ...

JAKARTA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday confirmed 2,604 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 24, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the newly reported cases, the total tally of infect...

JAKARTA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Four people died and 22 others were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash in Indonesia's Balikpapan city, East Kalimantan province, a police officer said Friday. A container truck running on a downhill road on Friday mornin...

London [UK], January 21 (ANI): The people in Afghanistan are facing numerous challenges - be it the drought, COVID-19, an impounding economy and declining rights under the new regime, says experts during a recently held virtual summit. The event titl...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 21 (ANI): Title-chasing Australia proved far too strong for an inexperienced Indonesia, as they surged to an 18-0 win in their Group B opening AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 match at Mumbai Football Arena on Fr...

New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): India's first High-Performance Director (HPD) for Weightlifting, Aveenash Pandoo, said on Friday that his approach for Indian weightlifting would be to adopt an athlete-centric approach where India would focus on ...

© Provided by Xinhua JAKARTA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Take a look at the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Medan Zoopark in North Sumatra province, Indonesia.Sumatran tigers are critically endangered as fewer than 400 are holding on for survi...

Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Kortrijk, Belgium Thursday to officially become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.The Belgian-British 19-year-old landed her single-seat Shark ultralight aircraft to cheers and honking horns from ...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 20 (ANI): Indonesia is embarking on a program to modernize its navy and build up a more effective deterrent to confront future incursions by Chinese ships into the 200-nautical-mile economic exclusion zone (EEZ) along its...

JAKARTA, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia confirmed 2,116 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest single-day rise since Aug. 7 last year, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. The increase of infections has brought the total tal...

Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], January 20 (ANI): Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah says Beijing now speaks less of the 'nine-dash line' and more often of the 'Four Sha' and expressed doubts on China's changing claims in the strategic South-Chin...

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India):This C funding brings the entire Series-C financing round to $62 million. "This strategic investment will fortify Zenlayer's position as the edge cloud provider of choice in Indonesia ...

© Provided by Xinhua Nusantara, which the new capital is called, will be built in two districts in East Kalimantan -- Penajam Paser Utara and Kutai Kartanegara. It is set to occupy about 256,000 hectares of land.Nusantara will

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Jan. 19, 2022 - Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that Australia's Therapeutic Goods Adminis...

An Islamic militant who eluded capture for 18 years was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday after an Indonesian court found him guilty of hiding information about the 2002 Bali bombings from authorities and harboring other suspects.Prosecuto...

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 19 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Seram, in Indonesia at 14.29 UTC on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey. "Prelim M5.5 Earthquake Seram, Indonesia Jan-19 14:29 UTC," tweeted US Geologica...

JAKARTA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A convicted terrorist masterminding the deadly Bali bombings in 2002, Arif Sunarso, known as Zulkarnaen, was sentenced to 15-year-imprisonment on Wednesday by Indonesia's East Jakarta Court. The sentence is lower than a l...

JAKARTA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia confirmed 1,745 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 30 last year, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the increase, the country's tally of infecti...

JAKARTA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Bornean orangutan baby was born in the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve on Indonesia's second-largest island of Kalimantan, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry said on Wednesday. The baby, a female, was later named Mely. ...

Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): The filming of Julia Roberts and George Clooney's romantic comedy 'Ticket to Paradise' has been paused due to COVID-19 concerns. A source close to the Universal Pictures production confirmed to People magazine that ...