When big wave surfer Doug Falter lost his board in a wipeout in Hawaii, his best hope was for a local fisherman to pick it up. He never imagined it would be found more than 8,000 kilometres (5,000 …
Duterte allows more health professionals to leave Philippines for overseas work
President Rodrigo Duterte has eased travel restrictions to allow the deployment of more healthcare professionals abroad, Malacañang said Monday. Duterte’s spokesperson Harry Roque said those who had …
Woman, 117, marks becoming Japan’s oldest ever person with cola and boardgames
Kane Tanaka, who has not been able to see her family due to the pandemic, celebrated with a bottle of Coke …
Japan’s Suga holds 1st phone talks with Trump as leader
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga held his first talks with U.S. President Donald Trump since he took office, a diplomatic phone call that was one of his first as the …
Slim chance of second Covid-19 wave in Pakistan: study
A third of Karachi’s industrial population developed immunity against virus, says study by National Institute of Blood Diseases.
The Nine Lives of Pakistan by Declan Walsh review: the modern nation explained in biographies
A gutsy journalist – now banned – brings to life his decade of encounters with the country’s activists, politicians, preachers and rogues …
Indonesia in good position to revive world pressure on Myanmar: Jakarta Post contributor
In the article, the writer says that what’s needed is effective interaction between the United Nations (UN) secretary-general, the UN special rapporteur for Myanmar and the secretary general’s special …
Indonesia reports 3,989 new coronavirus infections, 105 deaths
Indonesia reported 3,989 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total to 244,676, data from the country’s health ministry showed.
Covid-19 lawbreakers in Indonesia forced to dig graves as punishment
Law enforcement officials in East Java, Indonesia, have introduced grave digging as one of the punishments applied to those who break Covid-19 health protocols.
Indonesia halts exports by seafood company after positive coronavirus test
JAKARTA • Indonesia has suspended exports from an Indonesian seafood company Putri Indah into China after its frozen fish products tested positive for the coronavirus, the country’s Fisheries Ministry …