'Make no mistake, this is an emergency in China,' says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Residents told not to leave Wuhan, Huanggang and Ezhou as virus kills 17 people and infects nearly 600
The court also ordered Myanmar to preserve evidence of alleged crimes against the Muslim Rohingya population
The country’s new government has to find more than $2bn to service hefty bond repayments
Scientists say they need to conduct more tests to confirm the theory
Chinese cities are experiencing a shortage of sanitary goods as infections of new Sars-like virus rise
The state is reacting quickly to the pandemic as millions set out to travel for the Lunar New Year
The country says it is no longer bound by commitments to halt nuclear and missile testing because the US failed to meet a talks deadline
The Arakan Army released Hawi Tin, saying it did so to improve relations between ethnic groups in the region
The National Health Commission says there is evidence that the virus is being spread through ‘respiratory transmission’
With the number of new Chinese cases and infections in Thailand, Japan and South Korea, fears are growing that spread will intensify as hundreds of millions of ...
Investigation acknowledges that war crimes took place but blames militants for provoking military crackdown
WHO convenes an emergency meeting as number of cases more than triples and outbreak spreads to South Korea
Country sets target of 30% reduction of plastic waste in a move that will force the food and e-commerce industries to makes changes
Moody's Investors Agency described China's response to demands for greater political freedoms — and high living costs — as ‘notably slow, tentative and ...
President proposes co-operation to resolve the issue of wartime forced labourers
Authorities have created a 14km exclusion zone around the volcano, and experts say an eruption could unleash a tsunami in the lake around it
The figures include white-collar workers who hold lunchtime rallies, elderly protesters and a demonstrator wearing a Pepe the Frog mask
Fire-ravaged parts of Victoria state received heavy rainfall overnight, prompting new extreme-weather alerts
Coronavirus strain raises spectre of epidemic that killed nearly 650 people in 2002-’03
