PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will not be meeting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in an

November 11( Thursday) to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said on Tuesday

Those who cannot meet the requirements for home quarantine — including having their own bathroom

on Thursday for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace talks, a senior State

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will meet on Thursday with China’s new ambassador to

We’re covering South Korea’s slow vaccine rollout, China’s overtures to the Taliban and the latest Olympics news. Long lines for South Korean vaccines Once a model in fighting the pandemic, South Korea has been slow to vaccinate.... “ Your expected waiting time: 111 hours, 23 minutes and 52 seconds.” As the country faces its worst wave of infections, South Koreans are more desperate than ever for shots.... The country recorded its highly daily case count on Wednesday. Background: In November,

People across the nation felt outraged and scared. The gunman who shot and killed eight people at massage parlors in Georgia was charged with several counts of murder.... The police captured the 21-year-old as he was on his way to Florida, where he may have planned more violence.... Bee Nguyen, the first Vietnamese American to serve in the Georgia House, told The AP. Asking for help: Asian-Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area are calling for more police patrols after a string of attacks....

A conviction could be punishable by up to three years in prison. The military has a history of sidelining critics with bizarre and arcane charges like this one.... He was accused of greeting a car full of supporters during the electoral campaign season last year.Ms.... The vaccine deliveries would be among the first to reach low-and middle-income countries. Background: Covax was set up by international organizations to try to ensure that the scramble for vaccines among rich countries did not l

Good morning. We’re covering advances in vaccine testing, a lockdown in South Australia and catastrophic flooding in the Philippines.An out-of-control surge speeds up the hunt for vaccines In the past week, the U.S. has reported a daily average of nearly 160, 000 new coronavirus cases.... The raging pandemic is also helping scientists measure more quickly how well their vaccines protect against Covid-19. The drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna have accelerated the testing of their vaccines, which app

Putin wants more influence on Belarus, and Belarus’s leader wants an ever-tightening iron grip.... The decision represented a breakthrough in terms of a court’s willingness to dictate what a big business must do to protect the climate. Militants attacked a key town in Mozambique.... But then her husband vanished, his white car plunging into a river, after they racked up steep medical bills for their daughter. Twenty-two days after her husband disappeared, she walked to a pond and took her own