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Former Malaysian PM Mahathir to be discharged from hospital within days

21 Dec 2021

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, has completed all necessary investigations for a medical check-up and will be ready to be discharged from hospital within the next few days, the National Heart Institute said on Tuesday. Mahathir, who has a history of heart troubles, was admitted to the hospital last …

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Japan’s Tepco to build underwater tunnel for Fukushima water release

21 Dec 2021

By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant intends to build an underwater tunnel to release water from the plant into the sea, it said on Tuesday, as part of a project to treat and dispose of contaminated water. A decade after a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged …

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Figure skating-World number three Kihira to miss Beijing Olympics – reports

21 Dec 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira will miss the Beijing Olympics after being forced to pull out of the national championships with an ankle injury, local media reported on Tuesday. Ranked third in the world, Kihira was forced to skip Skate Canada and the NHK Trophy this season because of the ankle injury, …

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Japan executes three death row inmates, a first under PM Kishida -Kyodo

21 Dec 2021

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan executed three convicts on Tuesday, marking the first time the death penalty was carried out under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government and the first execution in the country in nearly two years, the Kyodo news agency reported. One of those put to death was a 65-year-old man convicted of stabbing and …

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Singapore finds suspected Omicron COVID-19 cluster in gym

21 Dec 2021

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s ministry of health said late on Monday preliminary tests had detected two suspected cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 linked to a gym, with results for a third coronavirus case related to the gym pending. The health ministry said it was conducting contact tracing related to all three cases, which have …

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Pro-Beijing ‘patriots’ sweep Hong Kong election with record low turnout

20 Dec 2021

By Edmond Ng and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) -Pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory in an overhauled “patriots”-only legislative election in Hong Kong that critics described as undemocratic, with turnout hitting a record low amid a crackdown on the city’s freedoms by China. The 30.2% turnout, about half that of the previous poll in 2016, …

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China must share more data on virus origins – WHO chief

20 Dec 2021

GENEVA (Reuters) – China must be more forthcoming with data and information related to the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that there had been “many failures” during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a lack of rules or obligations under the …

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Prosecutors start closing arguments in Dutch murder trial over downed MH17 flight

20 Dec 2021

By Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch prosecutors on Monday began their closing arguments in the trial of suspects in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine and said the victims “didn’t stand a chance” once a rocket hit the plane Three Russian and a Ukrainian – all of whom …

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