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China COVID data shows no new variant but under-reports deaths, WHO says

4 Jan 2023

By Alessandro Diviggiano and Bernard Orr BEIJING (Reuters) -Data from China shows no new coronavirus variant has been found there, but it also under-represents how many people have died in the country’s rapidly spreading outbreak, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday. Global unease has grown about the accuracy of China’s reporting of an outbreak …

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Japan to tighten COVID border controls for travellers from China

4 Jan 2023

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will toughen its COVID-19 border control measures for travellers from China from Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in response to a surge of infections. Additional measures will require negative coronavirus tests taken within 72 hours of passengers boarding direct flights from China, the government said on Wednesday after …

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Italians identify remains of teenage victim in ‘honour killing’ case

4 Jan 2023

ROME (Reuters) -Italian authorities have found the body of an 18-year-old woman who went missing more than a year ago after refusing to travel to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, a lawyer for a rights group said on Wednesday. Saman Abbas has been identified by dental records after human remains were found near to her …

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China ready to resume oil and gas talks with the Philippines, says Xi

4 Jan 2023

By Yew Lun Tian and Neil Jerome Morales BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – China is ready to resume oil and gas talks and manage maritime issues “cordially” with the Philippines, China President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday, according to Chinese state television. Xi was speaking to his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who was on a three-day …

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Pakistani militants claim killing of two intelligence officials

4 Jan 2023

By Saud Mehsud and Mubasher Bukhari DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Islamist militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban on Wednesday claimed the killing of a senior official of Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency and another officer, the latest in a resurgence of jihadist violence shaking the country. The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officers were shot dead outside a hotel …

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South Korea’s Yoon warns of ending military pact after North drone intrusion

4 Jan 2023

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military pact if the North violates its airspace again, his office said, amid tension over a recent intrusion by North Korean drones. Yoon made the comment after being briefed on countermeasures to North Korean …

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Myanmar junta to free more than 7,000 prisoners under amnesty

4 Jan 2023

(Reuters) -Myanmar’s military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the country’s independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported on Wednesday, as the junta chief praised some countries for maintaining support for his nation. The Southeast Asian country has faced international isolation and Western-led sanctions since the military seized power from a democratically …

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Philippine minister accuses senior police of involvement in drugs trade

4 Jan 2023

MANILA (Reuters) – Efforts by Philippine authorities to crack down on drugs under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr are being hampered by the involvement of a few high-ranking police officials in the narcotics trade, the interior minister said on Wednesday. In the past six months, authorities have confiscated 10 billion pesos ($178 million) worth of methamphetamine, …

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Myanmar junta to free more than 7,000 prisoners under amnesty -MRTV

4 Jan 2023

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s military government will release 7,012 prisoners under an amnesty to mark the Southeast Asian country’s independence day, state broadcaster MRTV reported on Wednesday. MRTV said prisoners convicted of murder and rape, or jailed for charges related to explosives, unlawful association, weapons, drugs and corruption, would not be released. It was not immediately …

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South Korea seeks Chinese national missing from COVID quarantine

4 Jan 2023

By Hyonhee Shin and Hanna Song SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they were trying to track down a Chinese national who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival but went missing while waiting at a quarantine facility. The person tested positive after arriving at Incheon International Airport near Seoul late on Tuesday and …

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