Beijing has extended orders for workers and students to stay home and ordered additional mass testing as cases of COVID-19 again rise in the city

President Joe Biden is seeking to calm concerns about recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States

President Joe Biden has launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at strengthening their economies as he warns Americans worried about high inflation that it is “going to be a haul” before they feel relief

Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan

Houses on fire

A fire on a ferry in the northeastern Philippines has killed seven people and forced many others to jump into the water, where they were rescued by other vessels

The documentary film about the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics has had it first public viewing

US announces 12 countries join Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a pact designed to bolster trade with Asian economies

A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative