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Myanmar govt declares 1-year state of emergency: President’s office
YANGON: The Myanmar President’s Office declared a state of emergency which will last for one year after the military detained government leaders including the state counsellor and president on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. The declaration signed by First Vice President
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Thai tourism firms form most business closure due to COVID-19 new wave
BANGKOK: The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) expects 2 million workers in tourism to lose jobs due to the new wave of COVID-19, Thai news agency (TNA) reported. The council and Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya have found from their
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Weak earthquake detected in Sulawesi Sea
KUALA LUMPUR: A weak earthquake, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, was detected in Sulawesi Sea at 1.42 am today. The Malaysian Meteorology Department (MetMalaysia), in a statement, said the tremor could possibly be felt in Tawau, Sabah. The epicentre
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Singapore PM Lee completes full COVID-19 vaccination regimen
SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Singapore General Hospital today. “With that, I have completed the full vaccination regimen,” Lee wrote on Facebook with a video of him receiving the jab. “Just like
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Japanese government likely to extend COVID-19 state of emergency in 11 prefectures
MOSCOW: The Japanese government is mulling extending the coronavirus state of emergency introduced this month in 11 prefectures, reported Sputnik news agency According to government sources cited by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the state of emergency is unlikely to be
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Vietnam reports no COVID-19 case on January 24
HANOI: Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on January 24, announced the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The national count remained at 1,548, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported. As many as 1,411 patients were given the all-clear
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COVID-19: 46-year-old female M’sian among four new community cases in S’pore
SINGAPORE: A 46-year-old female Malaysian was among the four new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore yesterday, according to the republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH). Labelled as Case 59513, the work pass holder works as a sales personnel at Toppan Merrill Pte Ltd of Church Street,
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Japan wants to boost alliance with US under Biden’s presidency
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters on Thursday that he wanted to further boost the alliance with the United States under new President Joe Biden, reported Sputnik news agency. On Wednesday, Biden was sworn-in as the 46th president
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South korea to offer 38.4 trillion won in financial support
SEOUL: South Korea plans to provide 38.4 trillion won (US$34.9 billion) in financial support to households and companies to help them cope with financial difficulty in the run-up to the Lunar New Year’s holiday in February amid the pandemic, the
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Myanmar agrees to start taking back Rohingya this year
DHAKA: Myanmar agreed to calls by Bangladesh at a tripartite meeting facilitated by China to start the much-awaited repatriation of Rohingya in the second quarter of this year, Anadolu Agency reported officials as saying Tuesday. Bangladesh pushed hard to begin
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