HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong independent online news portal Citizen News said on Sunday it will cease operations from Tuesday in the face of what it described as a deteriorating media environment in the Chinese-ruled city and to ensure the safety of its staff. When Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997 it …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A 5.5 magnitude earthquake that rattled the city of Lijiang in southwestern China’s Yunnan province on Sunday injured 15 people, the Yunnan Earthquake Agency said on its social media feed. The earthquake at 3:02 p.m. (0702 GMT) struck at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the agency reported. (Reporting by Tony …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Blake Ferguson, a former Australian rugby league international who recently switched codes, has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug offences, his club NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu has said. The hulking 31-year-old winger played for more than a decade in Australia’s elite National Rugby League (NRL) and represented his country seven …
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(Reuters) – Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his second successive victory in the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany with a narrow win over local favourite Markus Eisenbichler. Kobayashi, who won the first leg in Oberstdorf earlier this week, pulled off jumps of 143m and 135.5m on Saturday to score 291.2 points, only 0.2 …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Mahmudul Hasan and Najmul Hossain struck half-centuries to fuel Bangladesh’s strong reply to New Zealand’s first innings total of 328 in the opening test in Mount Maunganui on Sunday. The touring side finished day two on a strong 175-2, 153 behind but hopeful of a first-innings lead after their bowlers did an …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Seven states in Malaysia were hit by floods on Sunday and thousands of people were evacuated, taking the total affected by heavy rain in the last two weeks to over 125,000, the National Disaster Management Agency said. The agency said in a statement that Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India reported more than 27,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with infections sharply rising for a fifth consecutive day, but the chief minister of the capital New Delhi said there was no need to panic, citing low hospitalisation rates. The country’s largest cities, including Delhi and the financial capital Mumbai, have …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 191 confirmed coronavirus cases for Jan 1, down from 231 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Sunday. Of the new infections, 131 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, down from 175 a day earlier. Most of the new local cases were …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean has crossed the heavily fortified border in a rare defection to North Korea, South Korea’s military said on Sunday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it carried out a search operation after detecting the person around 9:20 p.m. (1220 GMT) on Saturday on the eastern …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – New Australian COVID-19 cases dipped on Sunday as testing slowed over a holiday weekend, but remained well over 30,000 and hospitalisations rose further in New South Wales as concerns grow about potential strains on the national health system. Newly diagnosed cases in New South Wales, the most populous state, dropped to 18,278 …
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