Hong Kong seizes fins from 38,500 endangered sharks
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong has seized 26 tonnes of smuggled shark fins, sliced from some 38,500 endangered…
4 years ago
Asia
5 dead, hundreds in hospital after gas leak at India chemical plant
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- At least five people have been killed and several hundred hospitalized after a gas leak…
4 years ago
Russia sees over 10,000 new virus cases for fourth day in row
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia recorded more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row on…
4 years ago
China warns Hong Kong protesters against ‘stirring up trouble’
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China warned Hong Kong protesters Wednesday it would not tolerate them "stirring up trouble again" in…
4 years ago
Students in China’s virus centre Wuhan return to school
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicenter of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing…
4 years ago
South Korea returns largely to normal as outbreak controlled
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea returned largely to normal Wednesday as workers went back to offices, and museums…
4 years ago
Bahrain opens second field hospital on man-made island
MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) -- After turning a car park into an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients, Bahrain has set…
4 years ago
Iran reopens mosques, records almost 80,00 hospital recoveries
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran on Monday reopened mosques in parts of the country deemed at low risk from coronavirus,…
4 years ago
Schools to reopen as virus fears ease in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean students will return to school starting next week, officials said Monday, as the…
4 years ago
Japan set to extend virus emergency to May 31
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government prepared Monday to extend its nationwide state of emergency to the end of May…
4 years ago
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