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Taiwan elections set stage for tighter presidential race in 2024
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2022
» Taiwan is set for a more contentious presidential race focused on rising tensions with China, after low turnout in local elections handed China-skeptic President Tsai Ing-wen’s party historic losses.
Hong Kong parents decry child separations during virus surge
AFP, Published on 23/02/2022
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong parents are being separated from children and babies who test positive for the coronavirus, compounding public anger over the financial hub's lack of readiness for a major outbreak now sweeping the city.
Singapore's unvaccinated will have to foot $18,000 Covid bills
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/11/2021
» Covid patients in Singapore who choose not to get vaccinated could face high medical bills, as one of the most immunized societies in the world ramps up the pressure to get more shots in arms.
A familiar question at Cannes: where are the women?
AFP, Published on 03/07/2021
» PARIS - With just four women among the directors behind the 24 films in competition for the Palme d'Or, a familiar script is playing out at Cannes.
California to reopen filming, but virus hub Los Angeles 'weeks behind'
AFP, Published on 21/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - California will unveil plans to reopen its world-famous entertainment industry next week but coronavirus hotspot Los Angeles faces further delays, the state's governor said Wednesday.
The Tooth Fairy won't catch the virus, Fauci assures seven-year-old
AFP, Published on 22/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - Top US health and infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci has assured a young girl that the tooth fairy is not at risk of infection during the coronavirus pandemic.
Southern California rocked by strongest quake in two decades
AFP, Published on 05/07/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Southern California was rocked by a 6.4-magnitude earthquake Thursday morning, the US Geological Survey said, with authorities warning that the temblor, the largest in two decades, might not be the day's last.
French New Wave film pioneer Agnes Varda dead at 90
AFP, Published on 30/03/2019
» PARIS - French film legend Agnes Varda, the only woman director to emerge from the so-called New Wave scene in the 1960s, has died aged 90 after a battle with cancer, her family said Friday.
23 dead in US tornadoes, toll likely to rise
AFP, Published on 05/03/2019
» BEAUREGARD, Alabama: Rescuers in Alabama stepped up the search for survivors Monday after two back-to-back tornadoes ripped across the southern state, with the death toll of 23 expected to rise further.
Tornado kills 14 in US state of Alabama: officials
AFP, Published on 04/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: A tornado tore through the southern US state of Alabama on Sunday, killing 14 people, uprooting trees and causing "catastrophic" damage to buildings and roads, officials said.