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China arrests Aus journo over alleged spying

The Chinese-born Australian journalist had been a TV presenter for Chinese state media outlet CGTN before she was taken into custody….reports Asian Lite News Chinese officials have formally charged Australian journalist Cheng

February 9, 2021

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SL general public to get jabs from March

Sri Lanka began vaccinating its frontline workers late last month after receiving 50,000 free Oxford-AstraZeneca-Covishield vaccines from India….reports Asian Lite News The general public in Sri Lanka will get coronavirus vaccinations from

February 9, 2021

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Mass rallies continue in Myanmar despite ban on gatherings

An order issued earlier in the day by the Military True News Information Team, gatherings of five or more than five persons at public areas have been banned in some townships of

February 9, 2021

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Prachanda may boycott upcoming polls

Prachanda also called on the international community to speak up in favour of democracy and constitutionalism in Nepal….reports Asian Lite News The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal

February 9, 2021

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Myanmar won’t change its foreign policy

Myanmar will conduct friendly cooperation with all countries while the country’s foreign policy will not change, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing said. In his first televised message to the

February 9, 2021

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Netanyahu pleads not guilty as trial resumes

Wearing a black mask, Netanyahu appeared in front of a three-judge panel at the Jerusalem District Court to officially deny the allegations against him…reports Asian Lite News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

February 8, 2021

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Sri Lanka falling deep to China’s googly

A U-turn on the Colombo port’s East Container Terminal and then an attempt to create negativity around the India-supplied Covid-19 vaccine signals that there could be more powerful forces than just mere

February 8, 2021

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Israel begins easing lockdown curbs

The ban on travelling more than 1,000 metres from home was lifted on Sunday, while some businesses also started reopening…reports Asian Lite News Israel has started lifting Covid-19-related restrictions, almost six weeks

February 8, 2021

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Iran vax drive to begin on Tuesday

Inoculation will start for the population groups most at risk: doctors and nurses working in contact with Covid-19 patients at intensive care units…reports Asian Lite News Iranian Minister of Health and Medical

February 8, 2021

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5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Philippines

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 8 a.m., hit at a depth of 44 km, about 211 km southeast of Governor Generoso town in the

February 8, 2021

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