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Hong Kong leader says no plans to tighten COVID social distancing measures

Published by Reuters HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday there were no current plans to further tighten strict social distancing measures as authorities battle to contain a deepening coronavirus outbreak which has submerged its health system and seen deaths soar. Lam said there was limited room to tighten further, […]

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Pakistan demands joint probe into ‘accidental’ India missile fire

Published by Reuters By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into a missile India said it accidentally fired into its territory, rejecting New Delhi’s decision to hold an internal inquiry into the incident and calling on the international community to play a role. “Such a serious matter cannot be

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NATO chief says next days in Ukraine to bring ‘even greater distress’

Published by DPA NATO expects the fighting and the humanitarian emergency in Ukraine to further intensify some two weeks after the start of the Russian invasion on February 24. “We see with horror the rising numbers of civilian casualties and the senseless destruction by Russian forces. The people of Ukraine are resisting with courage and

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Hong Kong funeral homes ‘fully booked until mid-April’ amid rising Covid death toll

Published by The Bangkok Post Hong Kong funeral homes ‘fully booked until mid-April’ amid rising Covid death toll HONG KONG: Funeral homes are fully booked until mid-April amid Hong Kong’s rising Covid-19 death toll, with the suspension of simple farewell ceremonies at hospitals and the long processing time of death documents worsening the bottleneck, according

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Russian forces advance in eastern Ukraine, strike military base in west -reports

Published by Reuters UK By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces launched a missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, in what appeared to be the westernmost attack of the war. “The occupiers launched an air strike on the International

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Russia files criminal case against Meta for permitting hate speech against Russian military men

Published by TDPel Media The Office of the Prosecutor General of Russia demands Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision in Telecom, Information Technology and Mass Communications) should restrict access to Instagram on the territory of the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports. Roskomnadzor requires Meta Platforms Inc., which incorporates Facebook and Instagram, should provide an official

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India Rejects Study Suggesting Country’s COVID-19 Mortality Rate Was 8 Times Higher

Published by Knewz By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — India is firing back at a March 10 study that estimates deaths in the country from COVID-19 were much higher. The report pegged India as the country with the highest number of excess COVID deaths during 2020-2021, at 4.07 million. Overall, the study suggested02796-3/fulltext) rates

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Russia invades Ukraine: Attacks intensify around Kyiv

Published by Al-Araby Russian forces inched towards Kyiv early on Saturday and pounded civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities as concerns grew over the besieged southern port of Mariupol, where officials said more than 1,500 people had been killed. Air raid sirens sounded in several cities, including the capital Kyiv, Odessa, Dnipro and Kharkiv, according

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