Shanghai eases Covid curbs in step towards ending lockdown
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Shanghai eased a range of Covid-19 restrictions on Wednesday in a step towards returning to normal…
4 years ago
Asia
One killed, 9 injured in Yangon bomb blast: Myanmar police source
A bomb blast killed one person and injured nine others in a busy district of central Yangon on Tuesday, a…
4 years ago
China makes second largest Taiwan defence zone incursion this year
China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan's air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets…
4 years ago
Israel signs UAE free trade deal, its first with an Arab state
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Israel signed a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its…
4 years ago
All 22 bodies retrieved from Nepal plane crash
POKHARA, Nepal (AFP) -- Nepali rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all 22 people on board a plane that…
4 years ago
Xi hails ‘new atmosphere’ in Hong Kong, welcomes next leader
by Matthew WALSH Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Hong Kong's next leader in Beijing, telling John Lee he…
4 years ago
Bodies pulled from wreckage of Nepal plane
by Sagar GHIMIRE Nepali rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all but one of 22 people on board a…
4 years ago
China fails to ink security pact with Pacific nations
Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging…
4 years ago
Record billion meth pills seized in East, Southeast Asia last year: UN
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) - A record one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year,…
4 years ago
31 rescued, 11 still missing after Indonesia ferry sinks
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Thirty-one people have been rescued and 11 are still missing after a ferry ran out…
4 years ago
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