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China requires Microsoft's Bing to suspend auto-suggest feature 21 Mar 2022 - 03:40 pm
A smartphone with the Microsoft Bing logo is displayed against the backdrop of a Chinese flag in this picture illustration taken January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/
India considers widening COVID booster effort to all adults, sources say 21 Mar 2022 - 02:59 pm
A man receives a dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in front of a giant kite, installed to mark administering 1.45 billion coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses in India, Ahmedabad, India, January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave
Indonesia ends all quarantine requirement in broad reopening 21 Mar 2022 - 02:53 pm
Visitors walk after they arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport following Indonesia's government decision to ban foreign tourists from entry to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
China mulls package to ease Sri Lanka's economic crisis 21 Mar 2022 - 02:29 pm
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Hong Kong to ease strict COVID curbs after business backlash 21 Mar 2022 - 01:17 pm
A traveller walks in the departure hall at the Hong Kong International Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China 21 Mar 2022 - 01:06 pm
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Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens 21 Mar 2022 - 11:28 am
Staff members wearing face masks stand outside the Shanghai Disneyland theme park as it reopens following a shutdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
China Eastern Airlines Boeing jet crashes in China, state media says 21 Mar 2022 - 11:22 am
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Japan plans to invest $42bn in India 21 Mar 2022 - 10:01 am
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Pakistan PM Khan faces toughest test as no-confidence move looms 20 Mar 2022 - 10:12 pm
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Shanghai Disney Resort to close from Monday as China battles COVID outbreak 20 Mar 2022 - 08:37 pm
Performers are seen at the ceremony marking the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland following a shutdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File photo
One dead, dozens missing in ferry accident in Bangladesh 20 Mar 2022 - 02:44 pm
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S.Korea's Yoon says he will move presidential office to defence ministry 20 Mar 2022 - 11:07 am
South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol shows a bird's eye view of his planned relocation of the presidential office during a news conference, at his transition team office, in Seoul, South Korea, March 20, 2022.Jung Yeon-je/Pool via REUTERS
Hong Kong will review COVID-19 restrictions as cases decline 20 Mar 2022 - 10:58 am
People wear face masks at a park during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Hong Kong, China, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, Lebanon second saddest  20 Mar 2022 - 10:22 am
Informal settlements dot a hillside in Kabul, Afghanistan, where about 75% of the city is informally settled. Photo taken November 6, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
China signs new rules on supervision of military equipment purchase contracts 19 Mar 2022 - 03:58 pm
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China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year 19 Mar 2022 - 08:02 am
People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk on the street amid snowfall in Beijing, China March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Singapore health minister says omicron wave has "clearly peaked” 18 Mar 2022 - 09:59 pm
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