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Sapporo Snow Festival opens with all Covid restrictions removed
Published on 05/02/2024
» SAPPORO: The annual Sapporo Snow Festival opened in the capital of Hokkaido on Sunday without any novel coronavirus-related restrictions for the first time in four years.
Miyazaki's likely swan song charms Toronto as film fest opens
AFP, Published on 08/09/2023
» TORONTO (CANADA) - The Toronto International Film Festival opened Thursday with admiring applause for "The Boy and the Heron," Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's likely last movie -- a meditation on love, loss and the horrors of World War II.
Paws and popcorn: Cinema goes pet-friendly
Published on 10/06/2023
» A fluffy white cat in a yellow dress perched on the top of a Bangkok cinema seat while, nearby, a Chihuahua in a Sebastian the Crab costume geared up to watch Disney’s "The Little Mermaid" with their owner.
WHO declares Covid emergency over
Published on 05/05/2023
» Covid-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, lowering its alert level three years after the novel coronavirus began killing millions as it swept across the world.
PM sounds alarm on Covid's resurgence
News, Published on 28/04/2023
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed health authorities in major tourism destinations to closely monitor the number of Covid-19 cases in their area as the number of new infections continues to surge after the holidays.
Japanese fans snap up first Murakami novel in six years
AFP, Published on 13/04/2023
» TOKYO - Dozens of excited Haruki Murakami fans queued outside a bookstore in Tokyo on Thursday for the midnight release of the world-renowned author's first novel in six years.
Trailblazer helps unlock Covid vaccine
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/02/2023
» Kizzmekia Corbett had gone home to North Carolina for the holidays in 2019 when the headlines began to trickle in: A strange, pneumonia-like illness was making dozens of people sick in China.
Latest Covid variant 'not a concern'
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/02/2023
» The new Omicron subvariant CH.1.1, which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by some vaccines but its rate of transmission is low, the Department of Medical Sciences said.
Latest Covid variant 'not a concern'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2023
» The new Omicron subvariant CH.1.1, which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by long-acting antibody (LAAB) vaccines but its rate of transmission is low, according to the Department of Medical Sciences says.
WHO panel reviews Covid emergency status
AFP, Published on 27/01/2023
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.