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China races to prevent virus second wave

by Jing Xuan Teng with AFP bureaux BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China imposed travel restrictions on nearly half a million…

China releases 10 Indian soldiers after border battle: reports

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- China has freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas…

Iran navy test-fires new cruise missiles

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran test-fired a "new generation" of cruise missiles Thursday, the navy said, in the first such…

Japan ex-justice minister arrested in vote-buying scandal

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese prosecutors on Thursday arrested the country's former justice minister -- a close ally of Prime…

Japan urges citizens to install virus-tracking app

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government on Thursday urged citizens to install the country's first coronavirus-tracing app when it launches…

Chinese county restricts travel as Beijing races to contain virus

by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Travel restrictions were placed on nearly half a million…

Kazakh leader Nazarbayev, 79, has coronavirus: official website

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Kazakhstan's 79-year-old former president and official 'Leader of the Nation' Nursultan Nazarbayev has tested positive for…

Study shows how quickly coronavirus spreads at home

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The novel coronavirus is twice as infectious within households than similar diseases such…

Japan ‘can’t move ahead’ with US missile defence system: PM

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defense system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said…

North Korea vows to step up border military activities

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea threatened Wednesday to bolster its military presence at now-shuttered inter-Korean project sites and…

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