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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak in Japan, according to a government official. The declaration is expected on Tuesday and will take effect on Wednesday. Once declared, prefectural governors...

Pro-democracy lawmakers have complained about what they see as a large amount of public money spent on running the Chief Executive Carrie Lam's social-media platforms. Since 2017, the government has paid 1.4 million dollars to staff managing the CE's F...

The president of the Hong Kong Public Doctors' Association, Arisina Ma, has said that overcrowded conditions may have contributed to the first known case of a Covid-19 infection in a public hospital. A 93-year-old man is suspected to have caught the vi...

US Democrats have been forced to delay naming their nominee to face Donald Trump in the November presidential election amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Citing an "unprecedented health crisis", officials said the Democratic National Convention, where the par...

Bars and pubs across Hong Kong pulled down their shutters at 6pm on Friday, as a new, two-week ban took effect. The mandatory closure is part of government efforts to encourage social distancing and prevent the Covid-19 outbreak from worsening amid a r...

The Hong Kong Shippers Council says while the mass disruptions to the industry brought on by the coronavirus pandemic hasn't significantly affected the shipment of goods into Hong Kong, exporters are really feeling the pinch, with overseas buyers delay...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned violators of coronavirus lockdown measures they could be shot for causing trouble and said abuse of medical workers was a serious crime that would not be tolerated. In a televised address, Duterte said it...