WASHINGTON -- U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday highlighted a growing economic divide between those few people "at the very top" and the rest of America, calling on further relief to provi

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 15 (ANI): At least three people were killed and 24 others sustained injuries after 6.2 magnitude quake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi Island on Friday at 2.18 am (local time)

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 11,557 in the past 24 hours to 869,600, with the death toll going up by 295 to 25,246, the Health M

Bangkok [Thailand], January 14 (ANI): Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the Thailand Open after stumbling to a loss in the second round on Thursday

BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- With more evidence suggesting their efficacy and safety, Chinese vaccines have been registered and used in more countries, especially those in the developing world.

Bangkok [Thailand], January 14 (ANI): Star India shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the ongoing Thailand Open after losing to Busanan Ongbamrungphan on Thursday. Saina got the better of Busanan in t

JAKARTA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- A few minutes after receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Indonesian Deputy Health Minister Dante Saksono tried to feel the effect to his body. "

JAKARTA, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The confirmed COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 11,557 in the past 24 hours to 869,600, with the death toll adding by 295 to 25,246, the Health Ministry said on

MANILA -- The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported 1,912 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the country's total tally to 494,605. The national death toll

Bangkok [Thailand], January 14 (ANI): Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday announced that he is pulling out of the ongoing Thailand Open due to a calf muscle strain. Kidambi was slated to lock

Authorities have been unable to explain why the plane crashed just four minutes after take-off.Some analysts have opined that bad weather, pilot error, poo

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Asian markets mostly enjoyed fresh gains Thursday as investors await Joe Biden's proposals for a vast new stimulus as well as comments from the head of the Federal Reserve on its policy outlook.

The monsoon season has caused havoc on the Indonesian island of Bali, causing

The U.S. state of California announced Wednesday that all residents over age 65 would be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine."There is no higher priority than efficiently and equitably dist

Bangkok [Thailand], January 14 (ANI): Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Thursday bowed out of the Thailand Open after stumbling to a loss in the second round. T

JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that China and Indonesia reached a five-point consensus during his visit to the country.

PanARMENIAN.Net - More than 43 million hectares of forest -- an area bigger than Germany -- have been lost in a little over a decade in just a handful of deforestation hotspots, co

JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that the idea of multilateralism should be earnestly upheld, principles of multilaterali

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday with both sides pledging to join hands to firmly uphold multinational

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic in seven more prefectures including Osaka and Aichi on Wednesday, broadening the scope of th

New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday criticised three municipal corporations in Delhi for not providing cashless medical services to their retired employees including

JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia reported 11,278 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday afternoon, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, brin

Provided by Xinhua | A health worker unloads a box containing COVID-19 vaccines made by the Chinese

Sriwijaya Air has not had a fatal crash since starting operations in 2003.More than 3 000 personnel are taking part in the recovery effort.

JAKARTA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) team has identified four people killed in the Sriwijaya Air plane crash days ago. "As of Wednesday at 9

Jakarta [Indonesia], January 13 (ANI): The Indonesian President Joko Widodo received his first shot of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, Sinovac, on Wednesday, marking the launch of the country's mass imm

Equities mostly rose as investors struggled for traction in Asia on Wednesday following a tepid lead from Wall Street, with hopes for another vast US virus relief package offset by political upheav

The Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 disaster serves as a warning for aviation safety regulators, not only in Indonesia but worldwide.Four minutes after taking off from Jakarta in heavy rain on Janu

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - ULAN BATOR -- Mongolia reported 13 more COVID-19 cases in the pas

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the COVID-19 vaccine shot developed by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The president, widely known as Jok

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.

In a rebuke from Congress, U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks of New York and Michael McCaul of Texas chastised the heads of USAGM and Voice of America on Tuesday for reassigning a VOA White House

JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Indonesian authorities have retrieved one of the black boxes from a Sriwijaya Air plane that crashed into the Java Sea at the weekend, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday.T

Asian markets fluctuated Tuesday as hopes for the rollout of coronavirus vaccines and a new stimulus out of Washington competed with fears over surging infections, new lockdowns and brewing politic