(Reuters) - Britain’s economy will narrowly dodge a double-dip recession and will have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels within two years, according to economists in a Reuters poll who said the Bank…

China’s broadcasting regulator yesterday banned BBC World News, accusing it of flouting guidelines after a controversial report on its treatment of the country’s Uighur minority. (MMO) - The…

(Reuters) - The coronavirus variant first found in the British region of Kent is a concern because it could undermine the protection given by vaccines against developing Covid-19, the head of the…

(BBC) - A woman who was severely injured while protesting against Myanmar's military coup is in critical condition. She was hurt at a protest on Tuesday in the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw,…

(Xinhua) - Wuhan's Huanan seafood market may have made it possible for the novel coronavirus to spread, but that does not mean the virus originated there. This remark was made by Russian expert…

(CNA) - Myanmar's junta leader on Monday (Feb 8) called on the public to prioritise facts and not feelings, and said an election would be held and power handed to the winning party, as anti-coup…

(Malay Mail) - Two Christian men were publicly flogged today in Indonesia’s ultra-conservative Aceh province for drinking alcohol and gambling, in a rare instance of non-Muslims facing a…

(Bloomberg) - Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found “important clues” about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the…

(SCMP) - China’s military delivered a batch of Covid-19 vaccines to the Pakistan Army on Sunday, according to state media reports. The Chinese defence ministry said in a statement that it was…

(CNA) - A resident of a migrant worker dormitory has become Singapore’s first likely case of COVID-19 re-infection, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (Feb 6). The case is a…

(Al Jazeera) - Donald Trump should not continue to receive intelligence briefings normally available to former presidents because of his “erratic” behaviour, President Joe Biden said in a US media…

(NST) - Indonesia has banned schools from forcing girls to wear Islamic "hijab" headscarves after the case of a Christian pupil pressured to cover up sparked outrage in the world's most populous…

(CNN) - UK regulators have pulled the broadcasting license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN. Media regulator Ofcom said Thursday that it had withdrawn the Chinese state-owned channel's…

(CNA) - The United Nations Security Council called for the release of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military and stressed the need to uphold democracy, but stopped…

(The Sun Daily) - Former president Donald Trump refused Thursday to testify in his looming impeachment trial after being called by House prosecutors to give evidence, branding the process…

(Arab News) - Indonesia’s biggest Shariah-compliant bank, formed out of the merger of three Islamic lenders, began its operations on Monday with a combined asset value of 240 trillion rupiah…

(Daily Sabah) - This week, Myanmar, a southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand, woke up to the news that the military had seized…

(Reuters) - Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off rioters…

(Al Jazeera) - Wearing masks, gloves and face shields, voters across Myanmar on November 8 braved surging coronavirus infections as they turned out en masse to cast their ballots in the country’s…

(The Star) - Myanmar's ruling junta on Monday (Feb 1) announced a purge of Aung San Suu Kyi's government, removing 24 ministers and deputies and naming 11 replacements in its new administration…

(Nikkei) - The U.K. will apply to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, in a major push to expand and deepen the country's trade links with the Asia-Pacific…

(Xinhua) - China's renowned respiratory-disease expert Zhong Nanshan said Sunday that the mass inoculation of homegrown COVID-19 vaccines underway in China shows the vaccines are safe and…

(NST) - The Australian city of Perth will begin a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard at a quarantine hotel tested positive for Covid-19, authorities announced Sunday. Roughly two…

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's governing National League for Democracy (NLD) party, has been arrested, a party spokesman said. (BBC.com) - It comes amid tensions between the civilian…

(NST) - US President Joe Biden's US$1.9 trillion plan to revive the US economy has been met with howls from the Republican opposition in Washington, with conservative lawmakers saying it is full…

(Reuters) - The World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of COVID-19 during a mission that has been tightly controlled by its Chinese hosts visited a hospital on Saturday in…

(BBC) - China has warned Taiwan that any attempt to seek independence "means war". The warning comes days after China stepped up its military activities and flew warplanes near the island. It…

(NST) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine appeared not to be effective for people over 65 years of age. Speaking to reporters only hours…

(SCMP) - Coronavirus vaccines developed by Chinese firms Sinovac and Sinopharm are being reviewed for emergency use by the World Health Organization, potentially opening the door to their…

(CNA) - The World Health Organization's Europe director Hans Kluge said on Thursday (Jan 28) vaccine manufacturers were working non-stop to plug shortfalls in supplies to countries struggling to…