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Japanese PM Abe resigns over worsening health
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to resign over health problems, top lawmakers said Friday, in a bombshell development that will end ...Hong Kong to ease some coronavirus measures starting on Friday
Hong Kong will ease some coronavirus measures from Aug. 28, allowing venues like cinemas and beauty parlours to reopen and restaurants to ...10 dead, dozens wounded in twin bombing in Philippines
At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded — including soldiers and police — in a twin bombing Monday involving a ...China’s coronavirus vaccine development efforts
China has several novel coronavirus vaccine candidates in the late stage of development. Below is a summary of its efforts to develop ...New Zealand mosque gunman unmoved as survivors recount ordeal
The white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year’s New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion Monday as distraught survivors confronted ...South Korea reports highest daily virus cases since March
South Korea reported its highest daily number of coronavirus cases since early March on Sunday as authorities warned the country was “on ...South Korean coronavirus infections fan out nationwide from church cluster
Novel coronavirus infections have spread nationwide from a church in the South Korean capital, raising fears that one of the world’s virus ...Australia to manufacture ‘promising’ virus vaccine and give free to citizens
Australia has secured access to a “promising” potential coronavirus vaccine, the prime minister announced Tuesday, saying the country would manufacture it and ...South Korea traces church members, confines troops to base as virus spreads
South Korea reported a three-digit increase in novel coronavirus cases for a fifth day on Tuesday as authorities scrambled to trace hundreds ...Thousands rally against SKorea leader despite virus warning
Thousands of anti-government protesters, armed with umbrellas and raincoats, marched through the soggy streets of South Korea’s capital Saturday, ignoring official pleas ...














