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China ramps up virus controls to head off winter wave

Strict checks, sanitation imposed in swift anti-virus mobilisation

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China orders Ant Group to return to online payment roots

State squeeze continues on Jack Ma’s empire

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S. Korea investigating new suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu

Duck farm report latest possible incident in avian influenza outbreak since late November

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Saudi Arabia suspends passenger flights by at least one week

Nation to only allow flights in ‘exceptional cases’

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17 missing after Russian fishing boat sinks in Barents Sea

Officials believe ice built up on the vessel in the winter waters

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South Africa logs one million virus cases, pandemic surges worldwide

Authorities consider reimposing restrictions to battle variant-driven second wave

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Sydney bans New Year crowds as virus cluster grows

Authorities fear celebrations could turn into super-spreader event

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Quarter of S. Korea virus cases contracted from family members: PM

Economically active people in their 40s and 50s getting Coivd-19 then transmitting it at home, says Chung Sye-kyun

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Ghosn case haunts Japan a year after shock escape

Accomplices smuggled ex-Nissan chief past customs at Kansai airport, reportedly in an instrument case in Dec last year

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Citizen journalist gets 4 years’ jail for Wuhan virus reporting

Zhang Zhan convicted of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' for work on initial stages of outbreak

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US urges release of HK ‘speedboat fugitives’ set for China trial

Their only ‘crime’ is fleeing tyranny, says US embassy spokesman

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US tops 19 million Covid-19 cases

Alongside 333,069 virus-related deaths, America's caseload and death toll are by far the highest in the world

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S. Korea detects first coronavirus variant cases

3 individuals are members of a London-based family who arrived in the country on December 22