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Hong Kong to cull 2,000 hamsters after positive Covid-19 tests

11 animals found infected with coronavirus at pet shop

4y

Indonesia passes law paving way for capital’s move to Borneo

New city to cover about 56,180ha in East Kalimantan

4y

Thai cabinet approves 1.48 bil baht allocation to tackle price hike

3,000 outlets to participate in programme offering essential goods at lower prices

4y

Russian military starts Belarus drills as Ukraine talks stall

Over a week of negotiations does little to ease concerns over troops massing on borders

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British PM lied about lockdown party, ex-aide claims

Dominic Cummings says Boris Johnson waved aside his warnings over gathering

4y

Frustrated, US President Biden enters second year looking to fight

With sinking approval rating, his agenda stymied, oldest commander-in-chief is running out of time

4y

Austria sees ‘dramatic’ increase in female murder victims

In wealthy country where violent crime is rare, men are killing women in alarming numbers

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Pakistani police officer, two militants killed in Islamabad clash

Gunmen on motorcycle opened fire on checkpoint, authorities say

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Winter storm blankets eastern US and Canada, causing travel woes

Residents face power outages, flight cancellations, school closures

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US airlines warn of ‘calamity’ if 5G deployed near airports

New system might interfere with devices planes use to measure altitude, they say

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China orders overseas mail disinfection over Omicron fears

Authorities claim packages from abroad could be source of country’s recent Covid-19 outbreaks

4y

‘Extensive damage’ in tsunami-struck Tonga

Early indications of scale of crisis emerge three days after volcano eruption

4y

China scraps plans to sell Olympic tickets as Covid-19 cases peak

Beijing’s policy of total virus eradication takes hit as 223 infections emerge just three weeks before winter Games set to open