Asia-Pacific
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Modi’s plan for India to bid for Olympics tinged with political overtones
NEW DELHI — The ruling party of India has formulated a plan to bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics ...
December 29, 2022
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China: Hong Kong opens 1st mountain bike facility, sustainably constructed and aimed at all levels
For mountain biking fans, there is now a place where they can practice all their moves and improve t...
December 29, 2022
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Pay hit fears as Singapore plans gig worker benefits
SINGAPORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Alicia quit her job at a Singapore construction firm during...
December 29, 2022
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S. Korea proposes fund for wartime compensation
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has proposed that a foundation funded by South K...
December 28, 2022
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China to scrap COVID quarantine rule for inbound travelers
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine starting from ...
December 27, 2022
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Taiwan reports China’s largest incursion yet to air defense zone
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Seventy-one Chinese air force aircraft including fighter jets and drones entered ...
December 26, 2022
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China conducts military exercises with live ammunition near Taiwan
BEIJING — China conducted joint military exercises using live ammunition in the sea and airspace aro...
December 26, 2022
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South Korea: Company managing TikTok creators pursues profit
Soon Ent. is South Korea’s top TikTok creator management firm, home to over 140 creators whose total...
December 26, 2022
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China stops announcing newly confirmed COVID cases
BEIJING — The Chinese government announced Sunday that it will stop announcing new COVID-19 cases, w...
December 26, 2022
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China stages ‘strike drills’ around Taiwan, citing provocation
BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s military said it had conducted “strike drills” in the sea and airspace a...
December 25, 2022
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Movies featuring 2019 H.K. protests shown in Japanese theaters
Two films about the 2019 antigovernment protests in Hong Kong have been running in a Tokyo theater s...
December 24, 2022
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South Korea: Spring-warm or winter-cool? Personal color tests, the latest beauty craze
Are you warm-toned or cool-toned? The current craze for South Koreans is to take personal color tes...
December 24, 2022
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N. Korean cyber spies tricking foreign experts into writing research for them
SEOUL (Reuters) — When Daniel DePetris, a U.S.-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in O...
December 24, 2022
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N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after U.S.-S. Korea drills
SEOUL(AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Friday...
December 23, 2022
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Nepal: Ropes on climbing routes litter Mt. Everest
Record-setting mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa didn’t find any fixed ropes in the “death zone” on Mt. E...
December 22, 2022
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