HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong health authorities are expected to report at least 1,325 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting a new record for daily infections, broadcaster TVB reported, citing an unidentified source. At least another 800 people have also shown up positive in preliminary tests and may be added to the tally of …
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By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -Hundreds of Afghans have launched a rare protest at a United Arab Emirates facility where they have been housed since fleeing their homeland last year, holding banners pleading for freedom and demanding to be sent to the United States to be resettled. Thousands of Afghans were last year evacuated to …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported on Friday 53,926 new daily COVID-19 cases, the second straight day with more than 50,000 cases driven by the Omicron variant, with an increase of 49 deaths to a total of 7,012. (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea said on Thursday patients with mild coronavirus symptoms will have to treat themselves, aiming to free up medical resources for more serious cases, as new infections hit a fresh high because of the fast spreading Omicron variant. South Korea has largely been a COVID-19 mitigation success story, thanks …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev thanked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday for helping end violent unrest in the Central Asian nation last month, which both leaders blamed on international “bandits” and “terrorists”. Putin said Kazakhstan, Moscow’s close ally, was now firmly standing on its feet and expressed hope the two countries …
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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines Commission on Elections (COMELEC) on Thursday dismissed a series of complaints seeking to disqualify presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr, removing a major hurdle for the frontrunner in the May 9 contest. The commission’s first division decided there was no merit in the complaints, which centred on Marcos’ conviction for failing …
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By Jay Ereno and Adrian Portugal MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines welcomed back more than 200 foreign tourists on Thursday, becoming the latest Southeast Asian nation to reopen in a bid to revive a battered tourism sector after its borders shut to visitors nearly two years ago due to the pandemic. Popular for its white …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has told associates he has remained in contact with North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un since leaving the White House, according to a report on Thursday, as Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missile tests have raised international tensions. “As we know, he had a fixation on this relationship,” …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Ships were deployed in Thailand on Thursday to contain a fresh oil spill off its eastern coast, authorities said, two weeks after an undersea pipeline leak in the same area damaged coastal communities and marine life. The pipeline, owned by Star Petroleum Refining Public Company (SPRC), sprang a leak on Jan. 26 …
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By Jessie Pang and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reported 986 new coronavirus infections on Thursday as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak which medical experts warn could see 28,000 daily cases by the end of March, with the unvaccinated elderly a particular worry. The rise in cases, up 10-fold since Feb. 1, …
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