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Coronavirus: pro and anti-vaccination protesters in Australia take to streets
Several thousand people took to Australia’s streets on Saturday protesting Covid-19 vaccination mandates, while smaller crowds gathered to support the measures that have elevated the country to be one of…
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong children as young as 3 to get access to Sinovac jab, in extension of vaccination drive to wider age group
Children as young as three in Hong Kong will have access to the Chinese-made Sinovac coronavirus jab, with priority for those aged 12 to 17, following a latest government approval…
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Asian shoppers unwrap Singles’ Day spoils leaving US consumers to bear brunt of supply chain woes
November 11 has increasingly been a big day in Asia. Consumers, hit by a marketing blitz weeks before Singles’ Day, plan their purchases and put items into virtual shopping carts…
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Vietnam holiday island Phu Quoc reopens to vaccinated international travellers
Tour guide Lai Chi Phuc has been counting down the days until travellers return to the white-sand beaches and thick tropical jungle of Vietnam’s Phu Quoc, a once-poor fishing island…
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Australia live news updates: Victoria protests escalate as child under 10 among state’s new Covid deaths; William Tyrrell search in sixth day
New South Wales reports 182 new Covid cases and ACT 14; anti-fascist activists vow to counter-rally against another ‘freedom rallies’ they claim have been infiltrated by far-right groups William Tyrrell:…
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UN urges China to free seriously ill journalist jailed over Wuhan Covid reporting
Citizen reporter Zhang Zhan, who is on a hunger strike, was imprisoned after questioning authorities’ handling of outbreak in city The United Nations has urged China to release a citizen…
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So near, yet so far away: Hong Kong’s cross-border couples, families struggle with long separation from loved ones
Clinging to the wire fence at the border in Heung Yuen Wai and staring across the Shenzhen River at his girlfriend 100 metres away, Don Ho shouts: “It’s been a…
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Covid live: Dutch police open fire at protest; German government not ruling out full lockdown — as it happened
Two injured as police in Rotterdam fire warning shots; German health minister says nothing can be ruled out Rotterdam police open fire as protest turns violent Austria plans compulsory Covid…
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US regulators authorize Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters for all US adults
CDC joins FDA in expanding eligibility amid concern over potential worsening of coronavirus cases over holidays US regulators have opened up Covid-19 booster shots to all US adults, expanding the…
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Dutch police fire warning shots at Covid-19 riots in Rotterdam
Dutch police fired warning shots, injuring several people, after rioters against a partial Covid lockdown torched a police car and hurled stones in Rotterdam on Friday.Chaos broke out after a…