BEIJING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - BUENOS AIRES -- Argentina reported 22,195 new COVID-19 cases over

TOKYO -- Many schools in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa began temporarily closing Monday in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 among young people, the prefectural government said.

HANOI, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported 236 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 211 locally transmitted and 25 imported, bringing the total tally to 8,983, according to the country's Ministr

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether it's sex discrimination for the government to require only men to register for the draft when they turn 18.The question of whe

SEOUL -- South Korea's initial jobless claims fell last month, reflecting the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic shock, a government report showed Monday. The number of those who newly appl

PHNOM PENH, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Monday registered 589 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total tally to 34,833, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement. The ne

ISLAMABAD -- At least 18 people were missing after a passenger van careened off a road and plunged into a river in Pakistan's Upper Kohistan district of northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Mon

VIENTIANE, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The GX Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization based in China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), has provided medical supplies to support Laos

HANOI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam recorded 206 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including 201 locally transmitted and five imported, bringing the total tally to 8,747, according to the Mi

KUNMING, JUNE 6 (Xinhua) -- A 9.5-km tunnel on the Kunming-Vientiane Railway linking China with Laos was drilled through on Saturday, marking new progress in the construction of the r

PHNOM PENH, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Sunday reported a daily record of 631 COVID-19 cases, raising the national case tally to 34,244 so far, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a statement.