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German minister says EU will base decision on AstraZeneca vaccine on data
BERLIN (Reuters) - European authorities will this week base a decision on whether to approve AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on available data, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said, declining to comm...
Jan 26, 2021
Taiwan air force flexes muscles after latest Chinese incursion
By Yimou Lee TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Armed and ready to go, Taiwan air force jets screamed into the sky on Tuesday in a drill to simulate a war scenario, showing its fleet's battle readiness after ...
Jan 26, 2021
Philippines confirms local transmission of Britain coronavirus variant
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has confirmed domestic transmission of the new, highly contagious British variant of the coronavirus, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to abandon a plan to allow ...
Jan 26, 2021
Exclusive: Hong Kong police obtain financial records of arrested democracy activists
By Jessie Pang, Alun John and Sumeet Chatterjee HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities are scrutinizing the financial records of pro-democracy activists as they crack down on political opposition...
Jan 26, 2021
China’s peak Lunar New Year air travel season fizzles as COVID cases rise
By Stella Qiu, Jamie Freed and Ryan Woo BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Iphie Nie, a 30-year-old designer in Beijing who usually travels to visit family in her hometown of Shenzhen during the Lunar New Yea...
Jan 25, 2021
Vietnam’s Communists tout pandemic, economic successes at Party congress
By James Pearson and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong hailed booming economic development and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic as major achie...
Jan 25, 2021
China to conduct military drills in South China Sea amid tensions with U.S.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it will conduct military exercises in the South China Sea this week, just days after Beijing bristled at a U.S. aircraft carrier group's entry into the disput...
Jan 25, 2021
Tokyo revises contact tracing strategy, narrows to higher-risk cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo has revised its contact-tracing strategy to prioritise outreach to higher-risk individuals affected by coronavirus, according to a letter sent by the metropolitan government to...
Jan 25, 2021
Indonesia set to pass one million coronavirus cases as vaccinations roll out
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is set to officially surpass one million coronavirus cases on Tuesday, a grim milestone for the Southeast Asian nation that has struggled since last March to get the COVI...
Jan 25, 2021
New Zealand may approve COVID-19 vaccine next week, start general vaccinations mid-year
(Reuters) - New Zealand may approve a COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday, a day after the country confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus in ...
Jan 25, 2021
