Indonesian women arrested for spreading coronavirus hoax
BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia (AFP) -- Two Indonesian women who allegedly posted misinformation online about the deadly coronavirus have been arrested, police…
4 years ago
ASEAN IN FOCUS
Singapore announces first local coronavirus transmissions; total confirmed cases in city-state rise to 24
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore on Tuesday announced the first local transmissions of the deadly coronavirus from China as a…
4 years ago
Thailand sees apparent success treating virus with drug cocktail
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A Chinese woman infected with the new coronavirus showed a dramatic improvement after she was treated…
4 years ago
Papua New Guinea bans travellers from all ‘Asian ports’ due to coronavirus scare
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) -- Papua New Guinea shut air and seaports to all foreign travellers coming from…
4 years ago
Asian nations try to shield against deadly outbreak
Asian nations were ramping up defences against a deadly viral epidemic Tuesday, sealing borders, shuttering public places and clamping…
4 years ago
Malaysia bares first 3 cases of coronavirus adding to Southeast Asian countries with confirmed infections
(Eagle News) – Malaysia confirmed its first three cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday, Jan. 25, saying the patients…
4 years ago
Top UN court orders Myanmar to prevent Rohingya genocide
by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The UN's highest court ordered Myanmar on Thursday…
4 years ago
Ten missing after migrant boat capsizes off Indonesia
PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Ten people were missing after a boat carrying 20 migrant workers capsized off the coast of…
4 years ago
Malaysia says, It won’t be ‘garbage dump’ as it returns waste
BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, with the…
4 years ago
Seven killed, three missing in Indonesia bridge collapse
BENGKULU, Indonesia (AFP) -- Seven people drowned and three others are missing after a bridge collapsed on Indonesia's Sumatra island,…
4 years ago
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