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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong rolled out vaccine passports on Thursday requiring people aged 12 and above to have at least one COVID-19 jab, and paved the way for mainland China manpower to help bring a worsening outbreak under control. The global financial hub reported a new record of 8,798 daily coronavirus infections, health authorities …

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By James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – As COVID-19 rages across Hong Kong at the start of a sensitive political year for China and President Xi Jinping, Beijing is determined not to be embarrassed and undermined as it was by the often-violent protests that rocked the city in 2019. In the past …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported a new record of 8,798 COVID-19 infections on Thursday, health authorities said, as the global financial hub struggles to control a worsening outbreak that has overwhelmed its health system ahead of a citywide compulsory testing scheme in March. (Reporting by the Hong Kong newsroom; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reiterated on Thursday a call for all parties involved in the situation in Ukraine to exercise restraint and rejected a foreign journalist’s description of Russia’s actions as an invasion. The comments were made by foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a regular daily briefing. (Reporting by Martin Quin Pollard; Writing by …

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(Reuters) -Ukraine’s armed forces are heavily outnumbered and outgunned by Russia’s, but as Russia begins what may be a large-scale invasion, military experts say they would be capable of mounting significant resistance and inflicting heavy casualties. Ukraine’s army is also better trained and equipped than in 2014, when Russia captured the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine …

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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s parliament is set to begin debates on Thursday on an agreement for a $500 million grant from the United States, with a vote that could break the governing alliance led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who took over in July last year. The agreement has triggered widespread …

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By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Fishermen protesting their lack of access to some waters ended a 34-hour-long blockade of Karachi port – Pakistan’s busiest – on Wednesday night after talks with the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s advisor on maritime affairs told Reuters. The fishermen had blockaded the port in Pakistan’s business …

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By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – Insurance agent Emily Kwong, 30, is struggling to home-school her five-year-old daughter and is worried she has learned nothing due to Hong Kong’s strict COVID-19 restrictions that have forced toddlers and teens into online classes. New plans to close schools early in March are “disturbing the whole year”, …

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