HONG KONG: The Chinese border city of Ruili has said it will make monthly mass coronavirus testing a routine measure as local governments show signs of committing even further to the country's much-debated zero-Covid approach.

HANOI: Police in Vietnam have summoned a beef noodle seller who filmed himself imitating Nusret Gokce, or "Salt Bae", days after a top Vietnamese official was caught on camera eating gold-encrusted steak at the Turkish celebrity chef's London restaur...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has released 26 political, environmental and youth activists facing charges of incitement against the government, which human rights groups said was a positive step but that many more remained incarcerated.

NAIROBI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday for Africans to be on guard against rising threats to democracy as he began a visit to the continent in key ally Kenya.

HONG KONG: A leading Hong Kong democracy activist facing jail invoked Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in court on Wednesday as he gave a defiant speech defending his decision to take part in a banned Tiananmen vigil.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: An assistant village head shot dead his two-year-old daughter after a firing a shot at his wife during a drunken quarrel and then tried to kill himself, at his wife's birthday party on Tuesday night.

Asian markets turned lower Wednesday as a recent rally ran out of steam and investors struggled to match a strong lead from Wall Street as inflation concerns continue to drag on sentiment, though the dollar extended a rally against the yen.

NEW DELHI: Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.

GENEVA: US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Tuesday announced a deal to make its prospective antiviral Covid-19 pill available more cheaply in the world's least-wealthy countries.

A joint sitting of parliament rejected a charter amendment bill providing for "a people's constitution" at its first reading on Wednesday.