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New Zealand designates Indonesia, Fiji as high-risk countries due to COVID-19
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand on Wednesday designated Indonesia and Fiji as very high-risk countries due to escalating COVID-19 case numbers, and placed limits on travel from the...
Aug 10, 2021
China to bar songs with ‘illegal content’ from karaoke venues
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will establish a blacklist of karaoke songs to ban those containing "illegal content" at karaoke venues across the country starting from Oct. 1, the Ministry of Culture and ...
Aug 10, 2021
South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases hit record, surpassing 2,200 -health minister
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's newly reported COVID-19 cases reached a daily record high surpassing 2,200 for the first time, Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol said on Wednesday, as the country grapple...
Aug 10, 2021
U.S. Pacific Northwest braces for more brutal heat
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Temperatures rose across the U.S. Pacific Northwest on Tuesday as residents of Portland, Oregon and Washington state prepared for a third punishing heat wave of the summer. ...
Aug 10, 2021
Biden says infrastructure deal shows bipartisanship is not dead
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised the courage of 19 Republicans who supported a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and said U.S. Senate passage of the legisla...
Aug 10, 2021
Australia’s Victoria reports 20 locally acquired COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria state reported the same number of locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the day before, as 5 million residents in Melbourne, the state capital, wait to learn wh...
Aug 10, 2021
Human rights claims undermine China’s investment abroad, report finds
(Reuters) - China's efforts to be seen as a responsible investor overseas are at risk from high rates of human rights abuses linked to its business operations, especially in the metals and mining sect...
Aug 10, 2021
South Korea July jobless rate falls for a second month
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's unemployment rate fell in July for a second month even as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic worsened during the summer. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rat...
Aug 10, 2021
North Korea warns of ‘security crisis’ if U.S., South Korea escalate tensions
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said South Korea and the United States are risking a "huge security crisis" by choosing to escalate tensions, North Korea state media reporte...
Aug 10, 2021
Antibody levels predictive of Moderna’s vaccine efficacy -study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Antibody levels are a good predictor for how effective Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine is, according to a new study released on Tuesday, a finding which could help speed up future ...
Aug 10, 2021
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