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Indonesia lifts remaining COVID restrictions 30 Dec 2022 - 11:18 am
People wearing protective masks enjoy a pedestrian bridge during the dusk amid of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
South Korea to require COVID tests for travellers from China 30 Dec 2022 - 11:15 am
Travellers walk with their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Rural residents worry for elderly as COVID rips across China 30 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am
Elderly people pick up medicine at a pharmacy near a hospital after strict measures to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were removed nationwide, in Yongquan town of Jianyang, Sichuan province, China December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Philippines floods, landslides kill 44 after Christmas Day rains 30 Dec 2022 - 08:29 am
In this handout photo from Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office taken on December 29, 2022, shows rescuers searching for missing people following a landslide in Mati City, Davao Oriental. Photo by Handout / Mati City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP
Exiled Afghan MP says Taliban 'erasing' women 29 Dec 2022 - 11:12 pm
Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi poses for a portrait in central London on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge 29 Dec 2022 - 09:45 pm
Panda keepers hold cubs while posing for photos ahead of the new year at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China's southwestern Sichuan province on December 29, 2022. (AFP)
UN aid chief to visit Afghanistan over female aid worker ban 29 Dec 2022 - 09:40 pm
Martin Griffiths, the under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, briefs reporters on the famine and humanitarian situation in Mogadishu, Somalia, September 5, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
China COVID deaths accelerate to 9,000 a day - UK research firm Airfinity 29 Dec 2022 - 06:57 pm
A woman arranges a face mask on a child's face in a departure terminal of the international airport in Beijing on December 29, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Cambodian casino fire kills 19, dozens more feared dead 29 Dec 2022 - 06:26 pm
Fire burns around people on a ledge on the side of the Grand Diamond City hotel-casino in Poipet on December 29, 2022. (AFP)
Philippine health department says no need to restrict Chinese visitors 29 Dec 2022 - 05:43 pm
File photo: A health worker collects a saliva sample in a sealed package at a drive-thru coronavirus disease (COVID-19) saliva testing site, in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 3, 2021. )REUTERS/Lisa Marie David)
Indian maker of syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts production; facility inspected 29 Dec 2022 - 04:41 pm
A man walks past the office entrance of Marion Biotech, a pharmaceutical company in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi on December 29, 2022. (AFP)
Death toll from Philippine floods, landslides climbs to 39 29 Dec 2022 - 04:25 pm
This handout photo courtesy of Angelica Villarta taken on December 27, 2022 and received on December 28 shows residents surveying damage caused by heavy rain and floods in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental. (Photo by Handout / Angelica Villarta / AFP)
Hong Kong asks Japan to drop airport curb set to hit 60,000 travellers 29 Dec 2022 - 12:22 pm
People wait in front a board showing international flight arrivals at Tokyo's Haneda international airport on December 28, 2022. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
UK not planning COVID testing for travellers from China 29 Dec 2022 - 11:25 am
Travellers stand by their luggage at Beijing Capital International Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Six dead in South Korea road tunnel fire 29 Dec 2022 - 10:33 am
Smoke rises from a burning tunnel in Gwacheon, South Korea, December 29, 2022. Yonhap via REUTERS
Philippine health dept: no need to restrict Chinese visitors 29 Dec 2022 - 10:02 am
Reuters file photo
List of places imposing new Covid rules for China travellers 29 Dec 2022 - 09:17 am
A passenger wearing protective gear is seen at a train station in Beijing on December 28, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Billionaire Adani says India will add $1 trillion to GDP every 12-18 months 28 Dec 2022 - 08:20 pm
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani addresses delegates during the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata, India, on April 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters