By Sultan Anshori GIANYAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – For Balinese souvenir shop owner I Kadek Rai Nama Rupat, the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic have been a fight for survival. The pandemic has prevented the foreign tourists that usually throng businesses like his on the Indonesian resort island from coming and rising food prices …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Stand News said on Wednesday it would shut down after police raided its office earlier in the day and arrested senior staff on suspected “seditious publication” offences. “Because of the situation, Stand News is now stopping operations,” it said in a Facebook post. “Acting Editor in …
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By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan braced for a feared rebound in coronavirus cases as the highways and airports filled with travelers at the start of New Year’s holidays on Wednesday. The governors of the metropolises of Tokyo and Osaka urged residents to keep end-of-year gatherings small, as more cases of the Omicron variant …
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(Reuters) -A senior U.N. official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers, saying he was “horrified” at the violence. The ruling military has not commented on the killings near Mo So village in Kayah State on Friday and several calls since …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s local coronavirus cases rose for a fourth day, with the majority of infections reported by Xian, a northwestern city that has put its 13 million people under lockdown. Xian reported 175 symptomatic cases for Monday, up from the previous day’s 150. No Omicron infections have been announced yet from the more than …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s local coronavirus cases rose for a fourth day, with the majority of infections reported by Xian, a northwestern city that has put its 13 million people under lockdown. Xian reported 175 symptomatic cases for Monday, up from the previous day’s 150. No Omicron infections have been announced yet from the more than …
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By Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has lifted a ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, its transport ministry said on Tuesday, three years after the crash of one of the aircraft operated by domestic carrier Lion Air with the loss of all 189 people on board. Aviation authorities around the world grounded the aircraft …
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries that had been among the first to report the Omicron variant of the coronvirus, citing the greater spread of the variant worldwide, its health minister said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, authorities would cut the wait time for booster vaccine doses amid …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong health authorities said on Tuesday the city would tighten quarantine rules for air cargo crew to tackle the growing threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The global financial hub has identified several dozen Omicron infections via regular testing during quarantine but neither Omicron, nor other variants, have spread into …
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By Hidayatullah Tahjuddin BIREUEN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities will help repair a stranded boat packed with over 100 Rohingya off its coast but will not allow its passengers to seek refuge in the Southeast Asian country and will turn the vessel away, officials told Reuters on Tuesday. Fishermen spotted the skiff on Sunday, adrift …
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