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Elderly patients fill hospitals in Shanghai Covid surge 03 Jan 2023 - 01:29 pm
Patients lie on beds next to closed counters at the emergency department of Zhongshan Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Staff
Why China's Covid wave is stirring fear 03 Jan 2023 - 10:30 am
Patients lie on beds at the emergency department of Zhongshan Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 3, 2023. Reuters/Staff
India proposes self-regulatory bodies for online gaming companies 02 Jan 2023 - 05:14 pm
The words
Some in China return to regular activity after COVID infections 02 Jan 2023 - 04:51 pm
A snacks vendor waits for customers on a street in Beijing on January 2, 2023. (Photo by Wang Zhao / AFP)
Sri Lanka freezes recruitment in fresh austerity drive 02 Jan 2023 - 02:16 pm
File photo of President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Cruise passengers stranded by 'marine growth' on hull 02 Jan 2023 - 12:38 pm
Peninsula
Vietnam rescuers battle to save boy from 35-metre hole 02 Jan 2023 - 12:15 pm
Rescuers gather at the site of where a 10-year-old boy is thought to be trapped in a 35-metre deep shaft at a bridge construction area in Vietnam's Dong Thap province on January 2, 2023.  Photo by AFP
Cambodian leader orders Mekong safe zones to save rare dolphins 02 Jan 2023 - 11:44 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 6, 2012, shows a dolphin in the Mekong river in Kratie province, northeast of the capital Phnom Penh. Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP
Two helicopters collide in Australia, killing four 02 Jan 2023 - 11:35 am
Peninsula
Modi’s cash ban was legal, India court rules amid faint dissent 02 Jan 2023 - 10:36 am
India’s Supreme Court
Philippines main airport scrambles to restore normalcy after power cut 02 Jan 2023 - 09:40 am
Passengers wait for information about their flights at terminal 3 of Ninoy International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 1, 2023. (Photo by KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / AFP)
Japan's emperor gives first public New Year's greeting since 2020 02 Jan 2023 - 09:03 am
Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (R) wave to well-wishers through a bullet-proof glass from a balcony during their New Year's public appearance at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo, Japan, 02 January 2023. FRANCK ROBICHON/Pool via REUTERS
Hong Kong mulls law change to bar UK lawyer from Jimmy Lai trial: SCMP 01 Jan 2023 - 10:59 pm
Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, leaves the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China, on February 9, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Pakistan says it has provided list of nuclear facilities to India under annual practice 01 Jan 2023 - 10:03 pm
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari gestures during an interview with Reuters. File Photo / Reuters
Philippines restores air traffic control after power outage 01 Jan 2023 - 06:30 pm
Passengers look at a screen showing flight information at terminal 3 of Ninoy International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on January 1, 2023. (Photo by KEVIN TRISTAN ESPIRITU / AFP)
Xi warns of tough Covid fight with China economy on back foot 01 Jan 2023 - 05:54 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping waves after his speech as the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
South Korea warns any North Korean nuclear use attempt would result in its end 01 Jan 2023 - 03:48 pm
This picture taken on December 31, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2023 shows a ceremony of donating 600mm Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket System in the yard of the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Australia to require negative Covid tests for travellers from China 01 Jan 2023 - 03:29 pm
New Year's Eve fireworks light up the sky over the Sydney Opera House (L) and Harbour Bridge during the fireworks display in Sydney on January 1, 2023. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)