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United Kingdom
France entry rules for Brits travelling to the Champions League final
Paris will welcome tens of thousands of football fans for the UEFA Champions League final this weekend. If you’ve bagged…
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Asia
Taiwan kept COVID-19 cases below 15,000 for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its ‘new model’
TAIPEI: Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave…
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Asia
Taiwan kept COVID-19 cases below 15,000 for all 2021. Now it has 80,000 a day, testing its ‘new model’
TAIPEI: Billed a COVID-19 success story as its economy boomed through the pandemic, Taiwan is now battling a record wave…
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Asia
Beijing ramps up COVID-19 quarantine, Shanghai residents decry uneven rules
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Beijing stepped up quarantine efforts to end its month-old COVID-19Â outbreak as fresh signs of frustration emerged in Shanghai, where…
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Asia
North Korea says no new fever deaths, COVID-19 situation under control
SEOUL: North Korea said on Tuesday (May 24) there were no new deaths among fever patients in the country, the…
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Middle East
Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts
Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 18, the 138th day of 2022. There are 227 days left in the…
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News
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses
DATA WELCOMED According to the new data, 1,678 children received the third dose at least two months after the second…
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Asia
Beijing urges millions to keep working from home amid COVID-19 outbreak
BEIJING: Beijing authorities extended work-from-home guidance for many of its 22 million residents to stem a persistent COVID-19 outbreak, while…
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Asia
South Korea’s daily COVID-19 infections dip to near 4-month low under 10,000
SEOUL: South Korea’s daily new COVID-19 infections dropped to below 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months on…
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Asia
North Korea’s fever cases under 200,000 for second day amid silence on aid offer
SEOUL: North Korea’s daily fever cases stayed below 200,000 for a second day in a row, state media said on…
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