By Jessie Pang and Edmond Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong independent online publication Citizen News said on Monday its decision to shut down was triggered by the closure of a pro-democracy media outlet last week following a police raid and seven arrests. Stand News, a prominent pro-democracy news site, closed last week after …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Daily coronavirus infections in Tokyo hit the highest since Oct. 8 at 103 cases on Monday, the Tokyo government said as more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 come to light. There have been fears of a rebound in coronavirus cases as highways and airports filled with travelers during the New …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will begin giving COVID-19 booster shots to the general public from January 12, health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Monday, as the Omicron variant spreads in the country. Health workers were given booster doses in July and the plan now is to cover all adults who took their second shots …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 161 confirmed coronavirus cases for Jan. 2, down from 191 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Monday. Of the new infections, 101 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, down from 131 a day earlier. Most of the new local cases were …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – A man observed crossing the heavily fortified border from South Korea into North Korea last week is believed to be a North Korean who previously defected to the South in 2020 in the same area, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Monday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) had …
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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed on Monday to use his last months in office to press for a diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea, despite public silence from Pyongyang over his attempts for a declaration of peace between the two sides. “The government will pursue normalisation of inter-Korean relations …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Two people who posthumously tested positive for the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus appear to be the first such reported deaths in the country, Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. Officials are still investigating the exact cause of death for the two patients, who were both in their 90s, Yonhap …
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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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