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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

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

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

Published by Al-Araby At least 19 people have been killed in Sudan’s restive Darfur region, officials said Friday, in the latest violence between rival groups that has left dozens dead this week. Fresh clashes which broke out Thursday have seen armed groups battle in the rugged Jebel Moon mountains of West Darfur state, close to

Published by Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – The Ukrainian ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky, said on Friday it was possible Russian President Vladimir Putin would be willing to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine in the face of its determined resistance against the Russian invasion. “We will fight until the end, we are not going to live

Published by Reuters UK By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares extended a global slump on Friday after the fastest U.S. inflation rate in four decades bolstered expectations for more aggressive rate hikes, while Chinese equity markets recovered early losses on regulatory assurance over U.S.-listed mainland firms. Sentiment also suffered on worries over Russia’s

Published by Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States should step up communications while managing their differences reasonably and constructively, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, warning against decoupling between the two countries at a time of fraught relations. “Since the two sides opened up the door to each other (50 years ago),