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China set to loosen COVID curbs after week of historic protests 01 Dec 2022 - 03:15 pm
Elderly people exercise in the morning at a park in Beijing, China November 10, 2022. Reuters/Tingshu Wang
Sri Lanka hopes for tourism revival with 1.5 mln arrivals next year 01 Dec 2022 - 02:07 pm
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China to allow home quarantine for some infected with Covid: sources 01 Dec 2022 - 12:08 pm
A view of the city skyline in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. Reuters/Aly Song/File Photo
China's Guangzhou city relaxes COVID rules in several districts 30 Nov 2022 - 12:03 pm
Riot police in personal protection suits (PPE) arrive during protests over coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China in this screen grab taken from a social media video released November 29, 2022. Video Obtained by Reuters/via Reuters
South Korea scrambles jets as China, Russia warplanes enter air defence zone 30 Nov 2022 - 11:15 am
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Indian billionaire Adani's firm wins bid to develop vast Mumbai slum 29 Nov 2022 - 07:01 pm
A view of Dharavi, one of Asia's largest slums, in Mumbai, India, April 9, 2020. (Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas)
General Asim Munir takes charge as chief of Pakistan's powerful army 29 Nov 2022 - 05:17 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on November 29, 2022, Pakistan's new Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir (left) receives the change of command baton from outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa (right) during the change of command ceremony in Rawalpindi. (Photo by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) / AFP)
Smog engulfs Indian capital as winter pollution worsens 29 Nov 2022 - 12:56 pm
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Pakistan, IMF begin talks on $7bn loan review 28 Nov 2022 - 10:35 pm
File photo: Women displaced because of the floods wait to receive food handouts while taking refuge in a camp, in Sehwan, Pakistan, September 30, 2022. (Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)
More than 80 injured as Indian police clash with Adani port protesters 28 Nov 2022 - 08:38 pm
Police officers examine a vehicle that was damaged during a clash with protesters at a police station near the proposed Vizhinjam Port in the southern state of Kerala, India, November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
China's lockdown protests spread to campuses and cities abroad 28 Nov 2022 - 05:57 pm
Protesters chant slogans in support of freedom of speech and the press, amid broader nationwide unrest due to COVID-19 lockdown policies, in Chengdu, China in this still image obtained from undated social media video released November 27, 2022. (Reuters)
Chinese TV cuts maskless World Cup scenes as Covid anger mounts 27 Nov 2022 - 05:15 pm
This frame grab from video footage made available via AFPTV on November 27, 2022 shows students protesting against China's zero-Covid policy at Tsinghua University in Beijing. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP)
Protests in Shanghai and Beijing as anger over China's Covid curbs mounts 27 Nov 2022 - 01:55 pm
Police officers stand next to a cordon line set up near the site where a protest against COVID-19 curbs took place. Reuters/David Stanway
Thousands throng Anime Festival in Singapore after long Covid hiatus 27 Nov 2022 - 11:15 am
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Former Pakistan PM Khan vows to fight on in first rally since being shot 26 Nov 2022 - 11:10 pm
Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, gestures from behind a bullet-proof glass window, in his first public appearance since him being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month, during so-called 'a true freedom march' to pressure the government to announce new elections, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Protests erupt in Xinjiang and Beijing after deadly fire 26 Nov 2022 - 10:37 pm
A worker in a protective suit passes a delivery good to a resident through a gate of a residential compound that is still under lockdown, following a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chaoyang District of Beijing, China, on November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Taiwan leader Tsai quits as ruling party chief after local elections loss 26 Nov 2022 - 05:43 pm
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen enter a news confrence on the day of local elections in Taipei, Taiwan, November 26, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Over 20,000 new hires have left Apple supplier Foxconn's major China plant: Source 25 Nov 2022 - 11:23 am
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