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Chinese city lifts some restrictions after 3-week lockdown 16 Jan 2022 - 03:14 pm
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Indonesia to introduce new tax breaks on property, car sales 16 Jan 2022 - 03:13 pm
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Thailand reports first death from Omicron coronavirus variant 16 Jan 2022 - 02:07 pm
People wearing face masks visit Benjakitti Park amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Beijing Omicron case prompts temple closures, queues for Covid-19 tests 16 Jan 2022 - 11:19 am
People line up to take nucleic acid tests at a testing site outside a hospital, following a new confirmed case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yew Lun Tian
China urges local govts to minimize impact from COVID-19 curbs over Lunar New Year 16 Jan 2022 - 10:42 am
People line up to take nucleic acid tests at a testing site outside a hospital, following a new confirmed case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yew Lun Tian
Philippines to acquire 32 new Black Hawk helicopters 16 Jan 2022 - 10:32 am
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Australia's daily COVID-19 infections dip below 100,000 16 Jan 2022 - 10:06 am
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kazakhstan raises death toll to 225 in days of protests 15 Jan 2022 - 11:00 pm
A view shows smoke billowing from inside a building that houses several TV and radio stations following the protests triggered by fuel price increase, in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 6, 2022. Picture taken January 6, 2022. REUTERS
Russia announces withdrawal of troops from kazakhstan 15 Jan 2022 - 04:41 pm
Kyrgyz servicemen of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) peacekeeping forces ride in the back of a military truck during their return from Kazakhstan, in Chui Region, Kyrgyzstan January 14, 2022. REUTERS/
China reports fewer coronavirus cases but Omicron spread unclear 15 Jan 2022 - 03:33 pm
Volunteers show the way to an Olympic parking lot outside the closed loop
North Korea says it test launched missiles from train 15 Jan 2022 - 03:00 pm
A view shows what appears to be missiles strucking a target off North Korea?s east coast, in North Korea, in this photo released January 14, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via Reuters
Clap, don't chant: China aims for 'Zero Covid' Olympics 15 Jan 2022 - 11:07 am
Workers plant bushes in the ground near the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Tonga issues tsunami warning after undersea volcano erupts 15 Jan 2022 - 10:55 am
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Philippines bans unvaccinated from public transport as infections spike 14 Jan 2022 - 03:37 pm
A health worker inoculates a colleague with a booster shot of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine as the government begins to provide them to front-liners, at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
S.Korea court exempts teens, supermarkets from vaccine passes 14 Jan 2022 - 03:32 pm
A shopkeeper waits for customers at a traditional market in Seoul, South Korea, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Bhutan reports first cases of Omicron coronavirus variant 14 Jan 2022 - 03:15 pm
Syringes with needles are seen in front of a displayed stock graph and words
Strong quake shakes Indonesia’s capital; no tsunami alert 14 Jan 2022 - 02:28 pm
People gather as they are evacuated outside an apartment building following an earthquake in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 14, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Hong Kong suspends transit flights from most of the world due to COVID-19 14 Jan 2022 - 01:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past empty counters of Cathay Pacific at Hong Kong International Airport following fresh measures to control coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Hong Kong, China January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photo