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Thailand to lower Covid-19 to same disease category as influenza 08 Aug 2022 - 03:00 pm
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Hong Kong quarantine reduction met with calls to go even further 08 Aug 2022 - 02:51 pm
Peninsula
China announces fresh military drills around Taiwan 08 Aug 2022 - 02:29 pm
A Taiwan Air Force Mirage 2000-5 aircraft lands at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu, Taiwan August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang
S.Korea minister quits after school-age plan prompts backlash 08 Aug 2022 - 01:56 pm
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China's Hainan beach resort expands COVID-19 lockdowns 08 Aug 2022 - 01:17 pm
A sanitation worker drives past an intersection amid lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sanya, Hainan province, China August 6, 2022. cnsphoto via REUTERS
South Korea minister offers to quit in another hit for president 08 Aug 2022 - 01:13 pm
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Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals 08 Aug 2022 - 10:36 am
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China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills 07 Aug 2022 - 08:09 pm
File Photo: The Rocket Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this handout released on August 4, 2022. (Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via REUTERS)
COVID lockdown turns Chinese tourist hotspot Sanya into nightmare for stranded tourists 07 Aug 2022 - 03:57 pm
People get off a coach at an entrance of Atlantis Sanya resort in Sanya, Hainan province, China November 25, 2020. Picture taken November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
China’s Hainan starts mass Covid testing, imposes more lockdowns 07 Aug 2022 - 12:57 pm
A worker in a protective suit walks on a pedestrian crossing at an intersection in Lujiazui financial district, after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Aly
China eases rules for international Covid flight suspensions 07 Aug 2022 - 10:27 am
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5.1 Magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea 07 Aug 2022 - 10:04 am
Peninsula
Hiroshima prays for peace, fears new arms race on atomic bombing anniversary 06 Aug 2022 - 03:41 pm
People release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on the 77th anniversary of the bombing, in Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 2022, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS
Blast in Afghan capital Kabul, many feared injured: Eyewitnesses 06 Aug 2022 - 03:12 pm
A general view of a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 5, 2022. Reuters/Ali Khara
Japan PM Kishida to reshuffle cabinet as COVID, Taiwan in focus 06 Aug 2022 - 10:21 am
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other lawmakers pay condolences to late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, while U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the lower house hall of the Parliament, in Tokyo, Japan August 5, 2022. Reuters/Issei Kato
Malaysia to offer crop insurance as part of food security push 06 Aug 2022 - 10:00 am
A farmer walks through a paddy field at Tannaurah village in the northern Indian state of Punjab August 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ajay Verma
Islamic State claims responsibility for blast in Kabul; 8 killed 05 Aug 2022 - 09:22 pm
A general view of the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Ali Khara)
Flash floods kill over 500 people in Pakistan during heaviest rains in decades 05 Aug 2022 - 12:57 pm
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