In Asia, US Secretary of State Pompeo expected to bolster allies against China

October 29, 2020

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SAMUNDRI, Pakistan - Muhammad Ikram, 32, takes aim, flexes his neck and strikes with his chin, sending the cue ball...

Backpackers out, protesters in: Bangkok hostels offer secret refuge

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BANGKOK - As thousands of Thai protesters try to keep up months of anti-establishment rallies, dozens of hostels across Bangkok...

Blood of recovered Covid-19 patients shows little benefit as treatment

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LONDON - Using blood of recovered Covid-19 patients - or so-called convalescent plasma - as a potential treatment is of little...

Philippines to allow foreign investors to enter country as it eases Covid-19 travel curbs

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MANILA - The Philippines' coronavirus task force has approved the entry of foreign investors to the Southeast Asian nation starting...

South Korea refuses to suspend flu vaccine drive despite 13 deaths

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South Korean officials refused to suspend the country’s seasonal flu inoculation programme on Thursday, despite growing calls to do so...

Thailand lifts emergency measures aimed at stopping protests

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BANGKOK - Thailand’s government on Thursday ordered the removal of emergency measures imposed a week earlier to try to end...

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial Brazil volunteer dies, trial to continue

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SAO PAULO/FRANKFURT - Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine...

Fastest food: The Thai street cooks who get to protests first

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BANGKOK - Thai street food sellers have earned the nickname “CIA” for the intelligence that helps them reach protests not only...

Harry and Meghan decry ‘crisis of hate’ in social media