BEIJING (Reuters) – Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials scrambled on Monday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak that is threatening to...

Millions of people in France and Spain were set to embrace a relaxation of stay-at-home rules on Monday, but...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co reopened its Shanghai Disneyland park on Monday to a reduced number of visitors,...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 17 new COVID-19 cases for May 10, rising from a day earlier and marking...

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government will consider lifting the state of emergency on many of the 34 prefectures...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Children in some Australian states began returning to school on Monday after an extended break due...

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will negotiate with the State Railway of Thailand over the waiving of rental fees...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus...

Thailand reported four new COVID-19 cases today, bringing accumulated infections to 3,004, and one more fatality. The death was...

GENEVA (XINHUA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that countries that lift restrictions and open their...

Britain plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for most international arrivals, reports said Saturday, despite growing pressure on...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous states held back from easing COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday even as some states...

Thailand’s Meteorological Department is warning people to be prepared for summer storms, expected between 10th and 13th May, bringing...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported one new coronavirus case for Friday, unchanged from the day before, data from the...

Former Constitutional Court president Nurak Mapraneet was named privy councillor on Monday (May 4), becoming the 17th since His...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying...

The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of stepping up cooperation to spread false narratives over the...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Hundreds of people queued outside liquor stores in New Delhi on Monday as the Indian...

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 174 on Sunday, against 474 the day...

Thailand’s daily new COVID-19 infections rose from 3 yesterday to 18 today. They are all illegal immigrants being held...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to extend the country’s state of emergency on Monday...

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand and Australia are discussing the potential creation of a “travel bubble” between the two...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could...

SYDNEY (IDN) – Today the global media reports daily about the race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, but...

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government had a contingency plan for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s death as he battled...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was “a significant amount of evidence” that...

Officials of the CCSA, the City Administration and police today inspected two luxury shopping malls in Bangkok, to check...

Finance permanent secretary Prasong Poonthanate has criticized those engaging in sporadic and highly visible protests in an attempt to...

Saturday saw 6 new COVID-19 infections recorded in Thailand, but no fatalities. Two of them caught the disease from...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A northeastern Chinese city of 10 million people struggling with currently the country’s biggest coronavirus cluster...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus...

As Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air and Thai VietJet have resumed domestic services from Lampang, Mae Sot,...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the...

The World Health Organization reiterated Friday that the new coronavirus was of natural origin after US President Donald Trump...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days...

The CCSA, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, has decided to extend the current state of emergency, due to...

Opposition demands for the convening of a special parliamentary meeting, to debate the Thai government’s three executive decrees, related...

Thailand today reported 9 new COVID-19 infections, which is the lowest daily increase since January 27th, when eight cases...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday more than three weeks after being hospitalised for the...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases...

168 Thai nationals, many of them students, who have been stuck in New Zealand during the coronavirus lockdown, will...

New York, which has ground to a halt to stop the coronavirus pandemic, may start reopening manufacturing and construction...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported three new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 26, down from 11 a day earlier,...

Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has offered his condolences to the family of a 72-year old public health volunteer...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) recently held a meeting with 20 airline operators to discuss compulsory operating...

Thailand’s Meteorological Department has warned people in most parts of the country to brace for summer storms, bringing with...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could hit the grim milestone of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths later on Saturday, when the daily...

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighborhoods and residential areas from...

TOKYO (Reuters) – A key government official in charge of Japan’s economic response to the coronavirus outbreak called off...

New COVID-19 infections in Thailand jumped nearly four-fold today (Saturday), compared to yesterday, with 53 being reported. They include...

(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday pointed to research showing that strains of the novel coronavirus...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northwestern province of Shaanxi reported on Saturday seven new imported cases of the novel coronavirus,...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000, Georgia, Oklahoma...

Thirty-two provinces, in which no new infections have been reported in the last fortnight, will be the first where...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong recorded zero new coronavirus cases on Monday for the first time since early...

New COVID-19 infections in Thailand continued to fall today to 27, from yesterday’s 32, as the total number of...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses and some restaurants...

A group of 14 doctors is cautioning the Thai Government against the premature easing of lockdown restrictions, as pressure...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand will extend the lockdown measures in place to beat the coronavirus by a week,...

TORONTO (AP) — A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in...

An Executive Decree, which empowers the Thai government to secure loans of up to 1.9 trillion baht to help...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s top leadership met on Monday to decide on whether to ease harsh lockdown measures...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – More than 150 Australian economists on Monday warned the government against easing social distancing rules aimed...

(AFP) Hundreds protested Saturday in cities across America against coronavirus-related lockdowns — with encouragement from President Donald Trump —...

TORONTO (AP) — A man disguised as a police officer went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province...

Thailand’s new COVID-19 infections today increased to 33, from yesterday’s 28, but no fatalities were reported. Meanwhile, another 100...

The price of un-milled Thai rice, for the 2019-2020 crop year, has increased to between 10,800 and 11,000 baht...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s coronavirus-related death toll rose by three to a total of 68 on Saturday, health data...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan, alarmed by rising coronavirus deaths and the specter of the collapse of the medical system,...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s National Health Commission reported 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 17, up from 26...

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported on Friday 407 new coronavirus cases, taking the total number to 5,923 and surpassing...

“This is no joke, the super spreader can hurt everyone,” warn the lyrics of a new Thai YouTube hit....

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported on Monday that at least 116 people initially cleared of the new coronavirus...

Thailand has reported a steady drop in new COVID-19 infections for 5 consecutive days, from last Thursday’s 54 to...

Under strong international pressure, China on Sunday vowed to improve the treatment of Africans in the southern city of...

TOKYO (AP) — South Korean officials warned Monday that hard-earned progress fighting the coronavirus pandemic could be upset by...

Many shoppers recently seeking to purchase groceries from the Seattle-based ​e-commerce company found they could not place orders due to a lack...

A number of orange growers in Thailand’s Sukhothai province have been forced to dispose of their fruit, because of...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported the highest number of new daily coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks, driven by...

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday and thanked staff for saving his life...

JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia announced its biggest daily increase in novel coronavirus cases on Monday and a medical association...

LONDON (REUTERS) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his...

As the deadly Covid-19 virus creeps through Bangkok’s streets, the city’s expatriate population has reason to be feeling extra...

Thailand’s 51 new COVID-19 infections today were only half the number reported yesterday. 119 new recoveries were also reported....

LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth told the British people on Sunday that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if...

Two more areas in Phuket, well known for their resort hotels and beautiful beaches, have been locked down, effective...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases on Monday for the first time since...

WASHINGTON (Agencies) – US firm 3M has denied allegations that thousands of its face masks destined for Germany were...

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests on Sunday after suffering persistent...

Thailand’s cabinet has approved a third economic package, estimated to cost about 10% of the country’s GDP, or 1.6...

All hotels on Thailand’s popular resort island of Phuket have been ordered to close from Saturday until further notice....

The Thai government may impose a 24-hour curfew, if the rate of new COVID-19 infections does not slow substantially...