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A medical worker takes a nasal sample from a man during a COVID-19 testing at a makeshift testing site at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high

Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR...

26 Jan 2022 11:48 AM IST

The released fishermen, arrested for illegally entering into the Pakistani waters and fishing without permission, were escorted to Lahore by road by the Edhi Foundation. (PTI file photo)

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Pak to hand over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah border

The fishermen, kept in Karachi's Landhi Jail, were released on Sunday on humanitarian grounds

24 Jan 2022 11:32 AM IST

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Nine hamster samples test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong

A total of 2,581 small animals were seized from local pet stores during the past week, Hong Kong Free Press said citing...

23 Jan 2022 12:37 PM IST

Workers and residents stand near a nuclei test station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

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China media say foreign parcels suspected in new COVID infections

China has repeatedly emphasized the danger of infection from packaging, despite only trace amounts of the virus being...

18 Jan 2022 1:14 PM IST

Men stand next to a tank at a storage facility of oil giant ADNOC in the Msaffah industrial district in the Emiarti capital Abu Dhabi (AFP)

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Two Indians, one Pakistani killed in UAE drone attack

The suspected audacious terror attack sent shock waves through the region

18 Jan 2022 7:12 AM IST

Last year, Chinese authorities extended the policy further to allow couples to have three children. (AFP file image)

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China's birth rate at record low in 2021: official

Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy

17 Jan 2022 11:21 AM IST

This photo provided on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, by the North Korean government shows a missile test from railway in North Pyongan Province, North Korea (Korea News Service via AP)

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North Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts new sanctions

The launches come at a delicate time in the region, with North Korea's sole major ally China set to host the Winter...

17 Jan 2022 10:38 AM IST

A worker wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus walks past a display of the Winter Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon, left, and Winter Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen near the Olympic Green in Beijing. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

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China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

With the success of the Games and China's national dignity at stake, Beijing is doubling down on its 'zero-tolerance'...

13 Jan 2022 12:55 PM IST

A woman receives a booster shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a third dose vaccination campaign at a South Tangerang Regional General Hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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Indonesia starts COVID boosters for elderly, others at risk

The government hopes to provide 21 million booster shots in January to people who received their second jabs at least...

12 Jan 2022 10:54 AM IST

$People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 11, 2022, after North Korea fired a \suspected ballistic missile\ into the sea, South Koreas military said, less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing a hypersonic missile. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)$ World