Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China to drop COVID tests for inbound travellers from Jan 8
(Reuters) - China will drop a requirement for inbound travellers to take COVID-19 PCR tests starting from Jan 8, 2023, customs authorities said on Wednesday. PCR checks for imported chilled and frozen...
Dec 28, 2022
China slams Taiwan's 'cannon fodder' conscription decision
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government criticised Taiwan on Wednesday for seeking to use the Taiwanese people as "cannon fodder" by extending compulsory military service from four months to one year s...
Dec 28, 2022
Top Putin aide visits Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
MOSCOW (Reuters) - One of President Vladimir Putin's most powerful Kremlin aides has visited the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a part of southern Ukraine Russia says it has an...
Dec 28, 2022
Hong Kong scraps most COVID rules, though masks still mandated
By Farah Master and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong will cancel its stringent COVID-19 rules from Thursday, city leader John Lee said, meaning that arrivals will no longer need to do mandat...
Dec 28, 2022
Ryanair, Wizz Air and easyJet face Italy inquiry over Sicily flight prices
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's antitrust regulator said on Tuesday it opened an inquiry into possible price-fixing for flights in and out of Sicily by airlines including Ryanair, Wizz Air and easyJet. The pr...
Dec 28, 2022
Academic close to Japan's Kuroda says BOJ moving towards policy normalisation
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan's decision to raise its bond-yield ceiling could be the first step toward normalising ultra-easy policy, Takatoshi Ito, a Columbia University professor who is close...
Dec 28, 2022
Ghana's vintage enthusiasts give new life to Western clothing waste
By Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen ACCRA (Reuters) - As the sun set on a courtyard of shipping containers in Ghana's capital Accra, young men and women in Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead and tie-dye tees...
Dec 28, 2022
Chinese hospitals, funeral homes 'extremely busy' as COVID spreads unchecked
By Martin Quin Pollard CHENGDU (Reuters) -Chinese hospitals and funeral homes were under intense pressure on Wednesday as a surging COVID-19 wave drained resources, while the scale of the outbreak and...
Dec 28, 2022
Taiwan to test arrivals from China for COVID from Jan 1
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan will test arrivals from China for COVID-19 from Jan. 1 in response to a surge in cases there, the government said on Wednesday, joining other countries in stepping up controls...
Dec 28, 2022
Hong Kong scraps COVID test for arrivals, vaccine pass
HONG KONG (Reuters) - International travellers to Hong Kong will no longer need to do a mandatory PCR COVID-19 test on arrival, city leader John Lee said on Wednesday, as he announced that the city's ...
Dec 28, 2022
