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Philippines reports highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in nearly three months

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Wednesday reported 10,775 new COVID-19 cases, the country’s highest daily spike since Oct. 10. That brought the Southeast Asian country’s total confirmed cases to date to 2.87 million, with its death toll climbing by 58 to 51,662, the Department of Health said in a bulletin. (Reporting by Enrico Dela …

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Taiwan fund to issue $2.3 billion climate change pension mandate, Asia’s first -official

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – Taiwan’s largest pension fund is set to issue what a top official said is Asia’s first climate change-focused stock mandate, worth $2.3 billion, amid mounting pressure for the global financial sector to support green investing. The open-tender bidding process for asset managers seeking to be involved in the …

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Hong Kong leader announces new COVID measures, including flight bans

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday the government will introduce a series of new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, as she warned the global financial hub was on the verge of another outbreak. The new rules include a ban on flights from eight countries for two weeks …

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China’s Henan hit by COVID curbs after sporadic cases

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) – A few central Chinese cities imposed varying degrees of travel curbs after sporadic COVID-19 cases, in line with a national strategy that has taken on extra urgency due to the upcoming Winter Olympics and Lunar New Year holiday. The city of Yuzhou in the central province of Henan has ordered its 1.1 …

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South Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government said on Wednesday it will appeal against a court order to exclude private education facilities from a COVID-19 vaccine pass mandate, the first major legal tussle over vaccinations that have been widely accepted. A Seoul administrative court ruled on Tuesday that private education facilities such …

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Japan, U.S. ministers to hold ‘two-plus-two’ talks on Friday

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s foreign and defence ministers will hold talks with their U.S. counterparts in a “two-plus-two” format on Friday to discuss security issues, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The announcement of the discussions by the two key allies came just hours after North Korea conducted an apparent ballistic missile launch. Japanese Foreign …

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S.Korean minister heads to Vienna for talks on Iranian frozen assets

5 Jan 2022 5 Jan 2022

PARIS (Reuters) – A senior South Korean diplomat will hold talks in Vienna this week with Iran and world powers over how to resolve the issue of frozen Iranian assets held in the Asian country, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on salvaging the 2015 …

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Hong Kong activist behind Tiananmen vigil sentenced to 15 months prison

4 Jan 2022 4 Jan 2022

By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court sentenced a barrister and activist to 15 months in prison on Tuesday for inciting an unauthorised assembly to commemorate those who died in China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Chow Hang-tung, of the since-closed Hong Kong Alliance in …

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Philippines’ Duterte says will never apologise for drug war deaths

4 Jan 2022 4 Jan 2022

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he will never apologise for the deaths of suspected drug users and dealers killed in police operations under his war on drugs that has alarmed rights groups. More than 6,200 drug suspects have died in anti-narcotics sting operations since Duterte took office in June 2016 …

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Uyghurs in Turkey file criminal complaint against Chinese officials

4 Jan 2022 4 Jan 2022

By Mehmet Emin Caliskan ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Nineteen people from China’s Uyghur Muslim ethnic group filed a criminal complaint with a Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday against Chinese officials, accusing them of committing genocide, torture, rape and crimes against humanity. Lawyer Gulden Sonmez said it was necessary because international bodies had not acted against Chinese authorities, …

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