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Online media fuelling divisions, global tensions: report
AFP, Published on 03/05/2022
» LONDON: Unregulated online content has spread disinformation and propaganda that have amplified political divisions worldwide, fanned international tensions and even contributed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a media watchdog warned Tuesday.
10 dead, 16 missing in Japan sightseeing boat accident
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» TOKYO: At least 10 people were confirmed dead Sunday after a sightseeing boat sank in frigid waters off Japan's northeast, the coast guard said, with the search continuing for 16 others still missing.
'Fortress Australia' re-opens to tourists after two-year Covid closure
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» SYDNEY: Australia reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the continent nation imposed some of the world's strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions.
Australia cancels Djokovic's visa again
AFP, Published on 14/01/2022
» MELBOURNE: Australia cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa for a second time on Friday in a sensational new attempt to deport the unvaccinated tennis superstar.
Myanmar coup-fuelled poverty pushes thousands to Thailand
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» Trekking through dense jungle and mountainous terrain at night to avoid arrest, one couple from Myanmar endured a gruelling journey to Thailand -- grasping for an economic lifeline as jobs dry up in their coup-hit home.
Which Asia-Pacific countries are re-opening to foreign visitors?
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» Thailand's re-opening to vaccinated foreign tourists marks a major easing of border controls for Asia, where governments have been far slower to roll back coronavirus travel curbs than in much of the West.
Olympic flame arrives in China ahead of 2022 Beijing Games
AFP, Published on 20/10/2021
» BEIJING: The Olympic flame arrived in China early Wednesday for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, state media reported, following a ceremony in Athens overshadowed by protests over China's human rights record.
Singapore expands quarantine-free travel for vaccinated passengers
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» Singapore on Tuesday began quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated passengers from eight countries -- not including Thailand -- as part of a plan to ease restrictions while the business hub gears up to live with the coronavirus.
Covid cases top 200 million worldwide as Melbourne locks down
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» PARIS: The number of Covid-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million on Thursday, an AFP count showed, as the pandemic surges around the world, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region where the Australian city of Melbourne locked down again.
Russia Covid deaths hit new record as EU eyes tourism reboot
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» Russia's Covid-19 death toll hit a new record Wednesday as the country battles the highly infectious Delta variant, while Europe geared up for the launch of an EU-wide Covid certificate to boost its devastated tourism industry.