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Macau bans international passenger flights for two weeks

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Macau has announced a two-week ban on any inbound passenger flights from outside of…

More than 1,000 wounded in Kazakhstan unrest: ministry

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- More than 1,000 people have been wounded in days of mounting unrest in Kazakhstan, the health…

‘Dozens’ of protesters killed in Kazakhstan unrest

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Police in Kazakhstan killed "dozens" of protesters who tried to storm administrative buildings overnight in the…

‘They’re never coming back’: Eight kids among 12 dead in US house fire

by Agnes BUN and Ed JONES PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) -- Jacuita Purifoy lost ten family members when a fire…

China punishes officials after woman miscarries outside lockdown hospital

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese authorities said Thursday they have punished officials after footage went viral of an eight-month pregnant…

Japan seeks restrictions on US troops after virus surge

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi urged his US counterpart Thursday to consider restricting American troop movement…

Italy to introduce mandatory Covid vaccination for over 50s

ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy's government said Wednesday that it would make vaccination against Covid-19 compulsory from February 15 for…

North Korea says it tested hypersonic missile

by Qasim Nauman SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported Thursday,…

Hong Kong ramps up virus controls, bans flights from eight countries including the PHL

2-week ban on flights from 8 countries to take effect starting Saturday midnight   Hong Kong announced strict new anti-coronavirus…

Myanmar has ‘ingredients for civil war’: ASEAN chair

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Myanmar has "all the ingredients for civil war", Cambodia, chair of Southeast Asia's regional bloc, has…

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