Asia

Taiwan raised its COVID-19 alert level for the whole island on Wednesday as domestic cases continued to rise, but will…

TOKYO (AP) — Confronted in Japan with some of the strongest medical-community opposition yet to the Tokyo Olympics, IOC President…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taxi drivers are starved for customers, weddings are suddenly canceled, schools are closed, and restaurant service…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police said Tuesday there is no evidence the director of its National Security Department,…

More than 800 people have been killed by Myanmar’s security forces since a wave of protests broke out across the…

The United States on Monday imposed fresh sanctions on Myanmar’s junta, targeting the governing State Administrative Council (SAC) and 13…

TORONTO — All adults in Canada’s most populous province will be eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday. The…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan reported 333 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases Monday, in the island’s largest outbreak since the start of…

LONDON — Britain’s health minister says a fast-spreading coronavirus variant first identified in India is likely to become the dominant…