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Singapore, Malaysia to open land border for vaccinated travellers
Reuters, Published on 24/11/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia will next week launch a quarantine-free travel lane at their land border crossing, one of the world's busiest, for people vaccinated against Covid-19, the two countries said on Wednesday.
China says it carried out beach landing drills in province opposite Taiwan
Reuters, Published on 11/10/2021
» BEIJING: China's military said on Monday it had carried out beach landing and assault drills in the province directly across the sea from Taiwan, though it did not link the exercises to current tensions with Taipei.
Vietnam Covid-19 epicentre may have 40% more unrecorded cases - report
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2021
» HANOI: Authorities in Vietnam's biggest city are urging the government to recognise positive rapid tests for Covid-19 to present a clearer picture of its outbreak, state media reported on Monday, a move that could increase the city's case total by 40%.
India may corner nearly half of global rice trade
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2021
» KAKINADA: India could account for as much as 45% of global rice exports in 2021 as expanded port-handling capacity allows the world's second-largest rice grower after China to ship record volumes to buyers across Africa and Asia.
Japan's Moderna vaccine contamination woes widen
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2021
» TOKYO: Moderna Inc's Covid-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan have widened with another million doses being temporarily suspended after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots from affected lots.
Dozens of Rohingya missing after boat sinks in Bay of Bengal
Reuters, Published on 15/08/2021
» DHAKA: More than two dozen Rohingya refugees were missing and feared drowned after their boat sank in the Bay of Bengal while trying to flee a remote Bangladeshi island, officials said on Sunday.
SE Asia Covid cases hit new highs, Malaysian doctors protest
Reuters, Published on 26/07/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand reported a record number of coronavirus cases on Monday, while Malaysia has notched up more than 1 million infections, as the virulent Delta variant carves a deadly path through Southeast Asia - now a global epicentre for the virus.
Japan to donate millions more doses
Reuters, Published on 13/07/2021
» TOKYO: Japan will make additional donations of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan and other Asian neighbours this week, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday.
Black box retrieved from crashed Philippines plane
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2021
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have retrieved a black box from an Air Force plane that crashed at the weekend, killing more than 50 people, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Tuesday.
As Phuket reopens, small businesses feel left behind
Reuters, Published on 30/06/2021
» PHUKET: As the government prepares to celebrate the country's reopening to foreign tourists this week, many businesses on the holiday island of Phuket aren't so enthusiastic about the return of visitors.