THE MORE-INFECTIOUS coronavirus driving a catastrophic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in India was detected in 44 countries, according to the World Health Organization, which urged more studies to understand its severity and propensity to cause reinfections.

TAIPEI — Taiwan may raise its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) alert level in the “coming days,” Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, warning of an extremely serious situation that sent the island’s stock market tanking.

MUMBAI — Farhana Shaikh used to recoil in disgust when she went to the communal toilet in Dharavi. But since the pandemic struck, efforts to fight coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have dramatically improved public sanitation in one of Asia’s largest slums. 

Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out COVID-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for the dozens of developing countries reliant on the controversial Chinese shot, which performed far worse than western vaccines in clinical trials. 

SHANGHAI — US electric car maker Tesla Inc. has halted plans to buy land to expand its Shanghai plant and make it a global export hub, people familiar with the matter said, due to uncertainty created by US-China tensions. 

MEXICO CITY/LIMA — “Want the COVID-19 vaccine? Have a US visa? Contact us,” reads a travel agency advertisement, offering deals to Mexicans to fly to the United...

Gas stations from Florida to Virginia began running dry and prices at the pump rose on Tuesday, as the shutdown of the biggest US...

BEIJING — China’s population grew at its slowest since the 1950s as births declined, sowing doubt over Beijing’s ability to power its economy as it succumbs to the same ageing trends afflicting developed nations like Japan.

SEYCHELLES, which has vaccinated more of its population against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than any other country, saw active cases more than double in the week to May 7, raising concerns that inoculation is not helping turn the tide in some places.

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia on Monday imposed a new nationwide lockdown, as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases and highly infectious variants that the government said are testing its health system.

BENGALURU - India's coronavirus crisis showed scant sign of easing on Tuesday, with a seven-day average of new cases at a record high and...

TAIPEI - Taiwan accused China on Tuesday of "maliciously" blocking its access to the World Health Organization (WHO) and putting politics above people's well-being,...