TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday the government would consider granting conditional early approval for the oral COVID-19 treatment being developed by Shionogi & Co Ltd, as the firm prepares to start a late-stage global trial. Shionogi Chief Executive Isao Teshirogi told reporters that the company could file in Japan for …
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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will tighten social restrictions in Jakarta and Bali, as well as in two other cities on Java island, in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus infections, a senior cabinet minister said on Monday. Separately, the transport ministry clarified that overseas tourists would still be able to enter the country …
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By Twinnie Siu and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reported a record 614 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, health authorities said, in the biggest test yet for the city’s zero-COVID strategy as it grapples to contain a growing outbreak. The global financial hub, which is following mainland China’s strategy of suppressing all coronavirus …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Authorities in China’s southwestern city of Baise ordered residents to stay at home from Monday and avoid unnecessary travel as they enforced curbs that are among the toughest in the nation’s tool-box to fight rising local infections of COVID-19. The outbreak in Baise, which has a population of about 3.6 million and …
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By Kay Johnson BANGKOK (Reuters) – Myanmar military leader Min Aung Hlaing agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said on Monday. The pledge, made in a Jan. 26 video call …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will have talks on bilateral travel bubble arrangements with China and Malaysia later this month, an official said on Monday, as part of efforts to bolster a steady recovery in its crucial tourism sector. Thailand received a record of nearly 40 million foreign visitors in 2019 – more than a quarter …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs during the past year and cyberattacks on cryptocurrency exchanges were an important revenue source for Pyongyang, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen on Saturday by Reuters. The annual report by independent sanctions …
By Neil Jerome Morales (Reuters) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator whose rule defined the Philippines’ recent history, is leading opinion polls on the race to become president, three months ahead of a May 9 election. Below are some facts about the controversial frontrunner and his famous family. WHO IS FERDINAND …
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By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – As frontrunner in the Philippines’ presidential race, the son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos appears poised to complete a remarkable rebranding of the family name 36 years after a “people power” uprising ended his father’s autocratic rule. With official campaigning beginning on Tuesday, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., 64, …
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By Wa Lone (Reuters) – Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country’s state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling military junta. The notices started to appear in such numbers in …
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