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World / Asia

China's Zhejiang has 1 mln daily COVID cases, expected to double 25 Dec 2022 - 12:58 pm
People wait outside a fever clinic at a hospital as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work 24 Dec 2022 - 05:56 pm
A Taliban fighter is seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 31, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Fiji Parliament approves appointment of Rabuka as Prime Minister 24 Dec 2022 - 12:47 pm
People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to media after a second round of negotiations with the leadership of the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), in Suva on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
India makes COVID test mandatory for arrivals from some countries, including China 24 Dec 2022 - 10:29 am
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India replaces COVID-era free food programme with cheaper scheme 24 Dec 2022 - 12:33 am
A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 screening from a passenger arriving at Prayagraj junction on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)
China's stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections 24 Dec 2022 - 12:10 am
Covid-19 patients lie on hospital beds in the lobby of the Chongqing No. 5 People's Hospital in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Pakistan suicide car bombing kills one police official, injures others 23 Dec 2022 - 07:55 pm
Police officers collect evidence at the site of a suicide car bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 23, 2022. (REUTERS/Waseem Khan)
North Korea fires missile amid tension over Russia arms aid 23 Dec 2022 - 06:44 pm
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on December 23, 2022 after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles according to South Korea's military. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Indonesian families sue over deadly stadium disaster 23 Dec 2022 - 04:21 pm
The stampede in the Javan city of Malang in October left 135 people dead, including more than 40 children. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
Thai tourism tally seen beating target by 15% on year-end rush 23 Dec 2022 - 12:36 pm
Peninsula
Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows 22 Dec 2022 - 10:45 pm
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Afghan women stage street protest against university ban 22 Dec 2022 - 05:18 pm
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022. (REUTERS)
Sysmex says Japan approves blood test for Alzheimer's marker 22 Dec 2022 - 11:56 am
Peninsula
'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj due to be freed from Nepal prison 22 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am
Nepal police personnel stands guard at the entrance of Central Jail where Charles Sobhraj is kept in Kathmandu, Nepal December 22, 2022. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
WHO chief 'very concerned' about Covid situation in China 21 Dec 2022 - 08:09 pm
An elderly woman receives a Covid-19 vaccine in Danzhai, in China's southwestern Guizhou province province on December 21, 2022. (AFP) 
Covid surge hits Shanghai with crowded hospitals, empty streets 21 Dec 2022 - 05:52 pm
A woman crosses a street on the Bund in the Huangpu district in Shanghai on December 21, 2022. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)
Armed guards stop Afghan women entering universities after Taliban ban 21 Dec 2022 - 05:03 pm
Members of the Taliban stand guard at the entrance gate of Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. (REUTERS/Ali Khara)
Relatives despair as search continues for Thai marines missing at sea 21 Dec 2022 - 02:45 pm
A helicopter carries an injured sailor and a body of a Royal Thai Navy sailor during a rescue mission after a Navy corvette sank in the Gulf of Thailand, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar