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Returned N.Korea defector struggled to resettle in South, lived meagre life

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home last week...

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US could be under rightwing dictator by 2030, Canadian professor warns

We mustn’t dismiss these possibilities just because they seem ludicrous or too horrible to imagine,” Thomas Homer-Dixon, founding director of the Cascade Institute at...

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Chinese Media Reports Startlingly Low New COVID Infections While Trolling High US Rates

Chinese state media appeared to troll the United States on Monday, publishing dual articles referencing the reported low rates of COVID-19 in...

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Covid-19 live updates: Omicron drives new cases to record levels around the world

Coronavirus cases are being reported at record levels across the world — surpassing even last winter’s devastating peak in some places —...

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Thailand’s quarantine-free travel pass suspended amid Omicron variant concerns

Amid the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Thailand has announced some changes to its inbound quarantine-free travel status for some visitors....

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Japanese criticise vaccine passport app for lack of maiden name support

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government’s digital agency apologised on Tuesday for shortcomings in a new COVID-19 vaccine passport application that drew...

Sinopharm COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron – study

BEIJING (Reuters) – A COVID-19 booster shot produced by China’s Sinopharm had “significantly lower” neutralising activity against the Omicron variant, Chinese researchers...