Washington, United States | Satur, February 27, 2021 | 7:32 pm President Joe Biden spoke with Saudi King Salman for the first time on Thursday, a day before a US intelligence report is expected to link the Arab kingdom’s influential crown prince to the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. After being sworn in five […]
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Hong Kong/Singapore | Thu, October 15, 2020 | 08:32 pm Hong Kong and Singapore will set up a travel bubble, the two cities announced on Thursday, as they moved to re-establish overseas travel links and lift the hurdle of quarantine for visiting foreigners. Commerce Secretary Edward Yau of Hong Kong and Transport Minister Ong Ye
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London, United Kingdom | Sun, February 7, 2021 | 06:15 am Britain confirmed Thursday it will introduce its new mandatory hotel quarantine rules for travellers returning from dozens of countries deemed at “high risk” from Covid-19 variants later this month. The policy, which will start on 15 February, will require all UK citizens and permanent
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Hanoi, Vietnam | Sun, January 31, 2021 | 08:46 pm Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, has been re-elected for a rare third five-year term, state media reported on Sunday, cementing his position as one of the country’s strongest and longest-serving leaders for decades. Trong, who emerged at the last congress in
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Sao Paolo | Mon, January 18, 2021 | 08:05 pm On Sunday, Brazil’s health regulator gave emergency approval for two coronavirus vaccines, setting off a mass inoculation program in the midst of a devastating second outbreak wave that kills over 1,000 people every day in the vast nation of South America. After the highly awaited
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Kuala Lumpur | Tue, January 12, 2021 | 09:23 pm On Tuesday, Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency to combat a coronavirus surge that is overwhelming hospitals, but critics claimed it was an attempt to cling to power by an unstable government. The announcement came a day after the Prime Minister introduced sweeping
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Semarang | Thursday, December 24, 2020 | 8:12 am The Central Java administration plans to screen holidaygoers using antigen tests at some famous tourist destinations, such as Borobudur Temple, during the Christmas and New Year holidays to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Dubbed Operation Yustisi, the operation will set up screening posts at 11 locations
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Australia | Tue, December 8, 2020 | 06:17 pm On Tuesday, the western state of Australia began to allow Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) travelers to enter without having to quarantine for the first time in eight months, in the latest indication that the country is returning to some form of normalcy. Qantas flight
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Hong Kong | Saturday, November 21, 2020 / 7:37 pm Hundreds of parked tour buses are gathering dust at a northern Hong Kong container port, having been off the road for 10 months since authorities banned non-resident arrivals into the city due to the new coronavirus. Freddy Yip, president of Hong Kong’s Travel Agent Owners
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Jakarta | Thu, October 29, 2020 | 2:13 pm The number of visitors on the resort island of Bali has doubled ahead of the long weekend at the turn of the month. With Maulid (commemoration of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad) falling on Thursday and the government having declared Wednesday and Friday collective leave days,
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