By Eloisa Lopez and Jay Ereño MANILA (Reuters) – Some children in the Philippines’ capital Manila returned to school on Monday after a near two-year suspension as the country, which has imposed some of the world’s toughest coronavirus curbs, tries to get life back to normal. Wearing face masks and sitting at desks fitted with …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it was reinforcing its military base in Tajikistan with 30 new tanks and that its forces at the facility had carried out exercises with missile defence systems, highlighting Moscow’s concern about turmoil in Afghanistan. The possibility of Islamist militants in Afghanistan infiltrating Tajikistan and other former Soviet republics …
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By Waseem Sattar and Sheree Sardar KARACHI (Reuters) – A female turtle lumbers across the beach in Pakistan’s bustling port city of Karachi late at night, looking for a place to lay her eggs. Waiting for her, staff from Sindh Wildlife watch quietly as the green turtle buries a hundred or more eggs in the …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a U.S. citizen who had travelled to the country from Spain late last month, a health official said on Monday, The confirmed case in the man, who had arrived on Nov. 29, makes Thailand the 47th country to have found the …
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal has detected its first two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Monday. A 66-year-old foreigner, who had entered Nepal from a country with confirmed Omicron variant on Nov. 19, and another 71-year-old person who was in close contact with him tested positive for …
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By Stanley Widianto and Rozanna Latiff JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to visit Indonesia and Malaysia next week as the Biden administration ramps up engagement in Southeast Asia, a bloc it sees as central to its efforts to counter China’s growing influence. I Gede Ngurah Swajaya, Indonesia’s director …
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By Chang-Ran Kim and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States Embassy in Tokyo on Monday warned in a tweet of incidents of suspected racial profiling of non-Japanese by Japanese police. Japan is a mostly ethnically homogeneous country where some people equate more immigrants with a rise in crime, although foreign labour is increasingly …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed on Monday to ensure worker wage hikes to protect the economy from rising global inflation, while strengthening the country’s defences as it deals with an assertive China and unpredictable North Korea. Kishida made the remarks on the opening day of parliament’s …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A man in his 30s who had been in Italy has tested positive for the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the third case to be found in Japan, the top government spokesman said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno provided no further details, not saying which country …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China administered about 9.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Dec 5, bringing total doses administered to 2.553 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed on Monday. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Tom Hogue)
