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Reuters
With few entry tests, Southeast Asia may gain most from China’s travel revival
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asia’s tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of Chin...
January 6, 2023
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Reuters
Ukraine clinches U.S., German armored vehicles, rejects Russian truce order
KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 3...
January 6, 2023
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Reuters
Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100
The world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds ...
January 6, 2023
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Associated Press
Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads
BEIJING (AP) — Mostly older men and women wearing masks rested on cots in hallways, while others sle...
January 6, 2023
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Associated Press
As COVID surges in China, US begins testing more travelers
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Shubham Chandra knows how dangerous the coronavirus can be: He lost his dad duri...
January 6, 2023
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Associated Press
Survey: 3.3 million US adults displaced by natural disasters
More than 1.3% of the adult population in the U.S. was displaced by natural disasters in the past ye...
January 6, 2023
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Associated Press
McCarthy fails for 3rd long day in GOP House speaker fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair...
January 6, 2023
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Markets
Nikkei ekes out modest gain on weaker yen
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The benchmark Nikkei stock average rebounded moderately Thursday, backed by hig...
January 6, 2023
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Reuters
Putin’s call for Orthodox Christmas truce in Ukraine greeted with skepticism
KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Thursday for a 3...
January 6, 2023
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Politics & Government
Chief cabinet secretary’s low profile stirs discontent within LDP
Dissatisfaction is smoldering within the Liberal Democratic Party as some members are growing dissat...
January 6, 2023
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General News
It’s a bountiful bunny world in Year of the Rabbit
Now that 2023 — the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac — has kicked off, goods featuring bunny...
January 6, 2023
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Politics & Government
3 hurdles awaiting Prime Minister Kishida
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida needs to overcome three hurdles this year — an ordinary Diet session to...
January 5, 2023
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Politics & Government
Japan to require negative test for arrivals from China
All passengers entering Japan on direct flights from mainland China will be required to submit a cer...
January 5, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
BTS fandom tech firm Weverse reaches beyond K-Pop
SEOUL (Reuters) — When Jin became the first member of K-Pop supergroup BTS to enlist for South Korea...
January 5, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
Afghan women defy gym ban with secret clubs
Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad tak...
January 5, 2023