GLOBAL air traffic will not return to levels before the coronavirus pandemic until 2024, an industry body said, a year later than its earlier projection due to a slower recovery this year.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday delayed New Zealand's looming election by four weeks to October 17 after a renewed coronavirus outbreak hampered campaigning.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe checked into a hospital in Tokyo on Monday for what one of his aide's described as a "health checkup" although rumors have been swirling about Abe's ill health.
Japan's health ministry is urging pharmaceutical companies and research institutes in the country to guard against possible cyberattacks aimed at stealing information on the development of coronavirus vaccines.
About 10,000 people have gathered in central Bangkok to protest the continuing influence of the military in politics, even after the country returned to civilian rule.