BEIJING (CHINA) – “Loopholes” in Hong Kong’s laws must be cleared to make sure that the city is ruled by “patriots”, said a top Beijing official said on Monday. It was implied that changes were made in the electoral system of the Chinese-ruled city,
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HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam got China’s Sinovac vaccine on Monday together with top officials during a live televised event to strengthen public confidence before the vaccine’s rollout in the global financial hub this week. Sinovac is the first COVID-19 vaccine that Hong Kong is introducing, ahead of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine likely
TOKYO (JAPAN) – Japan will only get access to limited doses of COVID-19 vaccines during the initial months of the rollout and shots for the elderly will be distributed gradually, said the country’s inoculation chief. Pfizer Inc, the only approved COVID-19 vaccine by Japan, is strengthening up production in Europe. However, Administrative Reform Minister Taro
KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) – Malaysia has advanced its coronavirus vaccination drive by two days as the first batch of vaccines arrived in the country on Sunday. The country aims to inoculate at least 80% of its 32 million population in a span of a year as it looks at reviving its economy which was hammered […]
YANGON (MYANMAR) – Thousands of agitators reassembled on Sunday in towns from north to south in Myanmar a day after police and soldiers fired at protesters in the city of Mandalay, leaving two dead. Police arrested a famous actor who is wanted for supporting those opposed to the military junta, his wife said on Sunday. […]
MANDALAY (MYANMAR) – Police opened fire at protesters in the Myanmarese city of Mandalay on Saturday, killing two. “Twenty people were injured and two are dead,” said Ko Aung, a leader of the Parahita Darhi volunteer emergency service agency in the city. Opponents of the coup took to the streets in several Myanmar cities and […]
BANGKOK (THAILAND) – Scores of protesters gathered outside the parliament in Thailand after Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and nine ministers overcame a no-confidence motion on Saturday. This follows a four-day censure debate. “It was a disappointment, but expected,” protest leader Attapon Buapat said. Over 1,000 protesters rallied outside the
JAKARTA (INDONESIA) – More than a thousand people were forced to leave their homes on Saturday in Jakarta in the wake of severe flooding. The national meteorology department has predicted that the conditions were likely to continue for the next week. Some 1,380 Jakarta residents were evacuated from southern and eastern areas of the city, […]
TAIPEI (TAIWAN) – Taiwan authorities on Saturday granted emergency use authorisation for ‘AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus shot and the doses are slated to be rolled out within seven days of arrival. The island had agreed in December to buy almost 20 million vaccine doses, including 10 million from AstraZeneca and 4.76 million from the COVAX global […]
NEW DELHI (INDIA) – A court in the Indian capital of Delhi heeded the police request to extend the detention of climate crusader Disha Ravi who is accused of sedition for allegedly creating an online “toolkit” meant to help farmers who are protesting against agrarian reforms. Ravid, 22, is a member of an organisation founded […]
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