
Tokyo under Covid emergency orders, 3 months before Olympics
Japan's third state of emergency includes shutdown orders across Tokyo.
Japan's third state of emergency includes shutdown orders across Tokyo.
Hope is fading for the 53 crew members on board as rescuers continue searching.
Crematorium workers say bodies are being burned all night but something doesn't add up.
No beds, oxygen for critically ill patients as nation's Covid wave worsens.
'I do not say the system has collapsed, but it has reached its limits,' minister says.
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The imprisoned 44-year-old is in the third week of a hunger strike.
The accusations come after India recorded the world's highest single-day Covid case tally.
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India has recorded almost 1 million new Covid-19 cases in the past week.
Beijing has 'profoundly shaped the trajectory of post-coup violence', an expert says.
Myanmar security forces crackdown on pro-democracy protesters continues apace.
World's Covid vaccine rollout marks the beginning but there are some travel restriction.
Japan to raise Covid-19 alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures as cases surge.
The restriction applies to those who've been in India in the 14 days before their flight.
China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be won over peacefully or by force.
While there was confidence the vaccine reduced transmission, further data was required.
It's Kanye v T-Swizzle all over again - but with hair pulling and sashes.
Initial reports suggest the unmanned truck's emergency brake was not properly engaged.
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Calls for the arrest of the person allegedly responsible for Taiwan's train derailment.
Waka huia and Chinese bowl-forms on display. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
A Sriwijaya Air jet crashed into the Java Sea in January, killing all 62 people on board.
UN criticises international community for not doing enough to stop 'mass murder'.
We're in one of "great bubbles of financial history" and it's about to pop, say experts.
A new variant has been detected in India as the nation struggles with a surge in cases.
Mario Gonzalez questions whether police treated him badly because he's Mexican.
Chinese flotilla's presence a 'provocative action of militarising the area'.
Jennifer Roys believes her interactions with police have made Natasha's life worthless.
Six other such bowls are known - and most are in museums.