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Sun, January 17, 2021 | 11:45
Over half of Chinese adults now overweight: official
Over half of Chinese adults now overweight: official
More than half of adults in China are now overweight, official figures showed Wednesday, with increasingly sedentary lifestyles among the country's growing middle class translating into expanding waistlines.
2020-12-23 21:24
India suspends flights from UK
India suspends flights from UK
India said Monday it was joining other countries in temporarily suspending all flights from Britain after the emergence of a new and more infectious strain of coronavirus there.
2020-12-21 20:13
Indonesian church decorates Christmas tree with masks, sanitizers to promote COVID awareness
Indonesian church decorates Christmas tree with masks, sanitizers to promote COVID awareness
A catholic church in Indonesia has decorated a Christmas tree with protective masks and hand sanitizers as a way to spread awareness of COVID-19 in the festive season, as the country's daily death toll hit a record high on Sunday.
2020-12-20 20:20
Singapore gets shot in the arm from global drug demand
Singapore gets shot in the arm from global drug demand
Scientists in protective clothing work in a high-tech laboratory at a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, whose coronavirus-hit economy has received a shot in the arm from robust global drug demand.
2020-12-20 20:19
Japan's ex-PM Abe questioned by prosecutors over political funding case
Japan's ex-PM Abe questioned by prosecutors over political funding case
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was questioned by Tokyo prosecutors on or before Thursday over political funding, commercial broadcaster TV Asahi reported, citing several unnamed lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Domestic media said earlier this month that prosecutors had asked Abe to report for voluntary questioning in a case they were building agai...
2020-12-18 16:19
China plans to vaccinate 50 million people before Lunar New Year
China plans to vaccinate 50 million people before Lunar New Year
China is planning to vaccinate 50 million people in the high-priority group against the coronavirus before the start of the peak Lunar New Year travel season early next year, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday. Beijing is planning to distribute 100 million doses of the vaccines made by Chinese firms Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech Ltd, the report said.
2020-12-18 15:04
  • Korea pushes to strike COVID-19 vaccine deals with Janssen, Pfizer this month
Myanmar gang rape victim wins legal battle with military
Myanmar gang rape victim wins legal battle with military
After being gang-raped by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against Myanmar's powerful military in a months-long fight for justice - a fight that paid off with a rare legal victory. Her three rapists were jailed for 20 years with hard labour, a sentence she hopes will give other survivors the courage to speak up and challenge the military's impunity.
2020-12-18 13:44
Alibaba facial recognition tech specifically picks out Uighur minority
Alibaba facial recognition tech specifically picks out Uighur minority
Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of China's Uighur minority, surveillance industry researcher IPVM said in a report.
2020-12-17 21:04
  • IOC accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games
Japanese beauty firm DHC under fire over CEO comments on Koreans
Japanese beauty firm DHC under fire over CEO comments on Koreans
A major Japanese cosmetics firm faced online boycott calls on Wednesday after its CEO used a racial slur for Koreans, and boasted his firm was "pure Japanese."
2020-12-16 22:23
Australia to take China to WTO over barley tariffs
Australia to take China to WTO over barley tariffs
Australia said Wednesday it will ask the World Trade Organization to probe Chinese tariffs on barley imports, ramping up tensions between the two a day after Canberra hit out at a reported ban on coal exports as a breach of WTO rules. The move would mark the first time Australia has taken a complaint to the group but Trade Minister Simon Birmingham warned further actions coul...
2020-12-16 16:35
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