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BEIJING (Reuters) - China has asked the United States to remove visa restriction on Chinese students and Communist Party members, among other requests, reported state media The Paper. In a briefing af...

By Paresh Dave YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Canada softball pitcher Lauren Regula's husband and three children will not be there in person to watch her take on either Australia or Mexico for a bronze m...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is expecting to receive 45 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines in August, health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin told a virtual news conference on Monday. They will incl...

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Monday the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended approving a medicine from its U.S.-based Alexion unit for treating a rare, deadly blood disorder in children and a...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Monday appointed one of its most prominent economists to head a division drafting monetary policy, as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic complicates polic...

By Chang-Ran Kim CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - An Iranian taekwondo athlete narrowly missed winning a historic first medal for the Refugee Olympic Team on Sunday but the head of the sport's governing body ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Heathrow Airport called on the government to open up the country to vaccinated travellers from the European Union and United States from the end of this month to help fuel...

By Kate Lamb (Reuters) - Indonesia's decision to relax some COVID-19 curbs this week, despite reporting record-high deaths in recent days, is being driven by social and economic concerns rather than e...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Most athletes had to bid farewell to their partners before heading to the Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19 restrictions, but not so for equestrians Jonelle and Tim Price. The world num...

By Rozanna Latiff TOKYO (Reuters) - After a serving of cake with her team mates, Greece's Maria Sakkari celebrated her 26th birthday with an emphatic 6-1 6-2 win over Nina Stojanovic of Serbia in the ...