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WHO team visits animal disease center in Wuhan, China
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WHO team visits animal disease center in Wuhan, China

WUHAN, China (AP) — World Health Organization experts visited an animal disease center in the Chinese city of Wuhan on…
Suu Kyi’s party demands her release as Myanmar generals tighten grip on power
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Suu Kyi’s party demands her release as Myanmar generals tighten grip on power

Reuters) – The party of Myanmar’s detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Tuesday for her immediate release…
WHO team in Wuhan visits disease control centers
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WHO team in Wuhan visits disease control centers

WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited two disease control…
Military takes control of Myanmar; Suu Kyi reported detained
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Military takes control of Myanmar; Suu Kyi reported detained

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar military television said Monday that the military was taking control of the country for one…
Japan mulls four-day working week amid COVID pandemic
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Japan mulls four-day working week amid COVID pandemic

Japanese employees are famous for putting in agonizingly long hours at their desks and declining to take all their annual…
Column: Athletes can get in line for vaccines like everyone
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Column: Athletes can get in line for vaccines like everyone

The world may yet gather in Tokyo this summer for an Olympics already postponed once because of the pandemic. Listen…
WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study
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WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study

WUHAN, China (AP) — A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday…
Tokyo Olympic Q&A: Officials try to explain how games happen
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Tokyo Olympic Q&A: Officials try to explain how games happen

TOKYO (AP) — With calls for a cancellation mounting, pressure is building on Japanese organizers and the IOC to explain…
Asia Today: Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after hospital cluster
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Asia Today: Taiwan quarantines 5,000 after hospital cluster

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Health authorities in Taiwan are quarantining 5,000 people while looking for the source of two new…
Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics: researcher
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Japan likely to hit COVID-19 herd immunity in October, months after Olympics: researcher

(Reuters) – Japan is likely to achieve herd immunity to COVID-19 through mass inoculations only months after the planned Tokyo…
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