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North Korea fires possible ballistic missile, says Japanese coast guard
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In 'zero-Covid' Hong Kong, this is what happens when you test positive
Hong Kong deems travelers from the United Kingdom as a high-risk for the Omicron variant, subject to its most stringent quarantine and testing measures -- which include spending the first four days at a government camp.
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Yuzhou: Second Chinese city forced into Covid lockdown
China has put a second city into total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid cases were discovered.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to four years in prison, the first in a series of verdicts that could jail her for life.
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North Korea tests new long-range cruise missile
North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan, state media said on Monday.
Afghanistan war: Taliban back brutal rule as they strike for power
The Taliban fighters we meet are stationed just 30 minutes from one of Afghanistan's largest cities, Mazar-i-Sharif.
Chinese court sentences Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges
A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, in a case seen in Ottawa and Washington as part of a wider diplomatic spat with Beijing.
China is keeping its borders closed, and turning inward
Zero tolerance for the virus, combined with rising nationalism, breed isolationism
Beijing issues protest after Japan signals that it would join US to defend Taiwan in case of Chinese attack
Beijing has warned Tokyo against damaging bilateral relations after Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested that his country should work with the US to defend Taiwan in case of a Chinese invasion.
CCP 100: Xi warns China will not be 'oppressed' in anniversary speech
China's President Xi Jinping has warned that foreign powers will "get their heads bashed" if they attempt to bully or influence the country.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to be ready for confrontation — and dialogue — with Biden
Kim told his country "especially to get fully prepared for confrontation," state media reported.
South China Sea dispute: Malaysia accuses China of breaching airspace
Malaysia says it is to summon China's ambassador after 16 Chinese military aircraft flew over disputed waters off its eastern state of Sarawak.
COVID’s biggest conspiracy could be true
Evidence is growing that COVID-19 escaped a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and did not evolve naturally after all.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi makes first in-person court appearance since coup
Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in a Feb. 1 coup, her lawyer said.
‘Shut down’: Fauci confronts India
The top US infectious diseases expert has called on India to take drastic action to “break the chain of transmission” as the crisis worsens.
Coronavirus: How India descended into Covid-19 chaos
On Monday, a senior official from India's federal government told journalists that there was no shortage of oxygen in Delhi or anywhere else in the country.
‘Trying to keep Australians safe’: Canberra enforces and defends travel ban CRIMINALIZING return of its own citizens from India
Australia has imposed a blanket ban on arrivals from India, with those daring to violate it to face jail time and heavy fines. The move has been met with criticism, but the government insists it’s needed to protect public health.
What happened in sub’s final moments
Investigators have begun putting together pictures of the doomed Indonesian submarine’s wreckage to find out how the tragedy occurred.
India Covid: Delhi builds makeshift funeral pyres as deaths climb
Crematoriums in the Indian capital Delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space to cremate its dead.
India's Covid-19 crisis 'beyond heartbreaking' as first foreign aid trickles in
The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of efforts to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
