Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje on Thursday reported that over 7.6 million individuals were vaccinated against COVID-19 during the drive. (Photo from Inquirer) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: The government fell short in achieving its goal of inoculating 9 million individuals during the three-day national COVID-19 vaccination drive from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. Health Under..

Peng Shuai was not seen in public for three weeks after making allegations of sexual assault. There was a widespread concern for Peng after she accused former Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] The Women's Tennis ..

Pied stilts are a type of shorebird typically found in borders of open wetlands. (Photo by=Kiki Siregar) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] JAKARTA: Five pied stilts with their thin and long pink legs are usually kept in a cage. When they are let out for several hours daily, they have the important task of maintaining the grass field of what would be Indonesia’s largest stadium..

Conservation charity WWF said they were currently the most abundant of all sea turtles, but are vulnerable to disturbance because they nest in only a few places. April was too badly injured to return to the wild. (Photo by= PA Media) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] A sea turtle has ..

"The issuing of traffic tickets to electric scooter users for (minor) offences in the populous Tokyo area will have a certain effect on reducing the number of accidents, and perhaps prompt police in other areas to follow suit," said Yuichi Nagase, a senior researcher at the Institute ..

The company said, “Celebrate the season McCallister-style, ya filthy animals. For the first time ever, one crew of mischief makers can book a holiday in the timeless house where the Home Alone story began (without the interruption of pesky intruders). The famous home is located in the Chi..

"Even Japan has its own dynasty, like (former prime minister) Abe. His grandfather was prime minister and he had visited Cambodia. Abe's father was a foreign minister and Abe was a prime minister," Hun Sen said. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, expressed support for hi..

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Omicron poses a "high infection risk".Omicron is the most heavily mutated version of the coronavirus. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested ..

Dept. of Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat bring her pet dog "Biggie" before the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Tourism Promotion Board (TPB) hybrid launch of the ‘It’s More Fun With You’ Campaign in Intramuros, City of Manila on Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Phot..

In these states, nearly half of US women of reproductive age (18-49) - some 36 million people - could lose abortion access, according to research from Planned Parenthood, a healthcare organisation that provides abortions. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] The ..

This March 10, 2021 file photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter shows the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. (Photo by=Mainichi/Yohei Koide) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MATSUYAMA: Shikoku Electric Power Co. re..

The rains have subsided, however, and efforts were underway to locate those missing, the government said in a statement. Some national highways, inter-provincial and local roads were partially blocked, it said. (Photo from sharjah24) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] HANOI: Vietnamese..

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta removed more than 500 accounts after receiving reports of a fake Swiss biologist. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Facebook owner Meta Platforms has removed more than 500 accounts linked to an online disinformation n..

The plane carrying the jabs arrived at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport around 8 p.m. on December 1, 2021. (Photo from National Task Force against COVID-19) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: The Philippines welcomed Wednesday 1,078,740 doses of the COVID-19..

US President Joe Biden is announcing a raft of measures to fight Covid-19 (Photo by=AFP/MANDEL NGAN) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will announce Thursday (Dec 2) a winter campaign against COVID-19, with new testing requirements for travellers and a ..

Kim Jong Un (C) taking part in the 1st meeting of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the office building of the Party Central Committee in Pyongyang. (Photo by= AFP/KCNA via KNS) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] SEOUL: Pyongy..

In addition to the ban on new entries of foreigners, Japan has imposed tougher quarantine measures for Japanese citizens and foreign residents who have recently been to certain countries or regions, requiring them to spend up to 10 days of their two-week isolation periods in government-designat..

Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. (Photo by Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ Reuters) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: Search engine giant Google announced Wednesday it will not accept election-related advertisements in the Philippines ahead of the national elections next year, PH Inquirer reported. Google said the policy will apply to ad..

The country has also imposed new restrictions blocking travel from nine southern African countries. The trio scaled a fence at the Howard Springs quarantine centre near Darwin. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Australian police have arrested three people who ..

IOK Company shared, “After in-depth discussions with ELRIS’s original agency Hunus Entertainment about the future direction and growth potential of the group, we decided to transfer the management of ELRIS to IOK Company.” (Photo from 1News) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] The seven-member girl group ELRIS is now part of IOK Company. On December 1, IOK Company sh..