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Xi tells Hong Kong’s leaders to control COVID as infections spiral

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

(Adds government statement on food supply) By Donny Kwok and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has told Hong Kong’s leaders that their “overriding mission” was to stabilise and control a worsening COVID-19 outbreak, pro-Beijing media reported, as infected patients lay in beds outside overwhelmed hospitals. The daily tally of COVID …

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Nepal police break up protests over U.S.-funded infrastructure projects

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal police used teargas and water cannon to disperse protesters objecting to a U.S.-funded infrastructure programme, officials said on Wednesday. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government aid agency, agreed in 2017 to provide $500 million in grants to fund an electricity transmission line and road improvement project …

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Senior schools reopen in India’s Karnataka state amid hijab row

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

By Sunil Kataria UDUPI, India (Reuters) -Senior schools reopened in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday a week after authorities closed them in the face of protests against a ban on female students wearing the hijab Muslim head covering in class. A court is deliberating the recent ban on school girls wearing the hijab …

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BTS to hit the stage in South Korea for first time since COVID began

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean boy band BTS are to put on their first shows for their home fans since the coronavirus pandemic began, with three concerts in the capital, Seoul, next month, their agency said on Wednesday. The concerts, part of their “Permission to Dance on Stage” tour that has been …

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Afghan war crimes suspect says he is a victim of mistaken identity

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A 76-year-old Afghan man accused of being the commander of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul in the 1980s, where he allegedly abused political opponents, on Wednesday told The Hague court it was a case of mistaken identity. “I am not the person that you are talking about,” the suspect, who said …

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N.Korea celebrates late Kim’s birthday in new alpine city, with no military event

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has celebrated the 80th birthday anniversary of leader Kim Jong Un’s late father with a music concert and fireworks in a refurbished holy city, but no missile launch or military parade, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. Kim attended a gathering of government, military and ruling Workers’ Party …

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Vietnam to fully reopen borders from mid-March

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam on Wednesday finalised a plan to fully reopen its borders to foreign tourists from next month, as it looks to accelerate its economic recovery and revive a battered tourism sector. “The approval is in accordance with the government’s new responses to the pandemic, which are adapting safely and flexibly and controlling …

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Singapore resumes border reopening after pause due to Omicron outbreak

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will expand quarantine-free travel to Hong Kong, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this month, its health ministry said on Wednesday, resuming border reopening after a pause due to an outbreak of the coronavirus. The city-state will also restore and increase quotas under its vaccinated travel programme, which had …

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S.Korea’s daily COVID-19 count tops 90,000, basketball league halted

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 90,000 for the first time, driven to a record by the fast-spreading Omicron variant that has seen daily tallies nearly double in just a week. The 90,443 cases reported for Tuesday represent a drastic surge from the 57,177 recorded by the …

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Despite battlefield success, small killer drones slow to spread in Southeast Asia

16 Feb 2022 16 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – Small, cheap, deadly drones caught the attention of military planners in 2020 when used to devastating effect in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but political sensitivities may keep them out of Southeast Asia, a regional defence expert said. Some armed models were among the drones on display at the Singapore Airshow this …

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