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China announces detailed stimulus policies to support virus-hit economy 31 May 2022 - 12:08 pm
A worker in a protective suit rests on a street as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
India expected to see normal monsoon rains, could boost crop output 31 May 2022 - 11:06 am
 A woman crosses a road as it rains in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2019. Reuters/Hemanshi Kamani/File Photo
Expired Covid shots binned as Indonesia eases back to normalcy 31 May 2022 - 11:05 am
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Nepal recovers bodies of all 22 victims of plane crash, voice recorder found 31 May 2022 - 09:21 am
Ambulances carrying the bodies of victims of the Tara Air passenger plane, that crashed with 22 people on board while on its way to Jomsom, head towards the morgue from the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
China eases COVID restrictions on group tourism trips 31 May 2022 - 09:17 am
People visit the bund as the city prepares to end the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China May 31, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Taiwan jets scramble as China air force enters air defence zone 30 May 2022 - 04:56 pm
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India to provide scholarships, counselling to those orphaned by Covid-19 30 May 2022 - 03:24 pm
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Twenty victims found after Nepal air crash, hopes fade for two missing 30 May 2022 - 01:44 pm
A general view of a Tara Air plane crash site during the rescue operation at Thasang, Nepal May 30, 2022. Fishtail Air Pvt Ltd Captain Nikalas Fjellgren/Handout via REUTERS
N.Korea lifts COVID lockdown amid 'stable' virus situation -media 30 May 2022 - 01:33 pm
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Shanghai city to lift lockdown restrictions on June 1 30 May 2022 - 01:30 pm
Residents line up for nucleic acid tests on a street during lockdown, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
Rescuers find 10 more survivors of sunken boat in Indonesia 30 May 2022 - 11:24 am
Survivors sit on wooden boat while being rescued, after a boat with 43 people on board capsized off Sulawesi island in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Antara Foto/National Search and Rescue Agency/ via Reuters
Nepal authorities recover bodies of 14 persons who were on board crashed plane 30 May 2022 - 09:06 am
A general view of a Tara Air plane crash site during the rescue operation at Thasang, Nepal May 30, 2022. Fishtail Air Pvt Ltd Captain Nikalas Fjellgren/Handout via Reuters
Nepal suspends search for missing plane with 22 on board 29 May 2022 - 07:43 pm
Tara Air's DHC-6 Twin Otter, tail number 9N-AET prepares to land at the airport of Pokhara, Nepal, April 11, 2022. Picture taken April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou
Nepal plane goes missing with 22 on board, teams head to fire site 29 May 2022 - 03:16 pm
A group of mountaineers wait to board a flight as they head to search and rescue of a plane operated by Tara Air that went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, while on its way to Jomsom, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
India withdraws warning on national biometric ID after online panic 29 May 2022 - 02:20 pm
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Philippines considers tax on streaming services, GMA says 29 May 2022 - 11:56 am
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Hong Kong eases some testing requirements for inbound travel 29 May 2022 - 11:39 am
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N.Korea discusses revising COVID curbs, outbreak 'improving' 29 May 2022 - 11:09 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a politburo meeting of the Worker's Party on the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak response in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 28, 2022, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) May 29, 2022. KCNA via REUTERS