Russian capital city’s mayor eases Covid-19 restrictions
MOSCOW, Jan 21, 2021, TASS. Moscow’s authorities are easing some of the city’s coronavirus restrictions,…
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India’s vaccine diplomacy in South Asia pushes back against China
NEW DELHI/KATHMANDU, Jan 21, 2021, Reuters. India will give millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine…
Fire hits building at Indian producer of Covid-19 vaccines
PUNE, Jan 21, 2021, ABC News. A fire broke out Thursday at a building under…
Japan aims to vaccinate most of country before Olympics
TOKYO, Jan 20, 2021, Bloomberg. Japan aims to vaccinate the majority of its population against…
Singapore urges national airline to be first to vaccinate all staff
SINGAPORE, Jan 18, 2021, Reuters. Singapore on Monday urged workers at its national airline to…
Chinese city reports coronavirus found on ice cream
BEIJING, Jan 18, 2021, The Asian Age. The coronavirus was found on ice cream produced…
US-Bangladesh ties to get stronger under new president: Miller
DHAKA, Jan 17, 2021, New Age. United States ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Robert Miller has…
[Analytics] Lockdowns and crackdowns in the Philippines
The first Philippine eagle that was bred and hatched in captivity died on 6 January…
Malaysia’s PM announces formation of Emergency management technical committee
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16, 2021, Malay Mail. The National Security Council has agreed to establish…
Colombia’s main cities shut down as Covid-19 threatens to collapse healthcare
BOGOTA, Jan 16, 2021, Colombia Reports. Residents of Colombia’s three largest cities woke up to…
PM Modi to address the nation on vaccination campaign on Jan 16
NEW DELHI, Jan 15, 2021, HT. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on…
Decision to halt all business travel to Japan an abrupt about-face for Suga administration
TOKYO, Jan 14, 2021, The Mainichi. To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government…
Philippines to tighten border after first case of coronavirus variant detected
MANILA, Jan 14, 2021, ST. The Philippines is tightening its border after the first case…
Brazil results show Chinese Covid-19 vaccine 50.4 per cent effective
BEIJING, Jan 13, 2021, BBC. A coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac has been found…
Malaysian PM Muhyiddin sharply criticised for emergency declaration
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13, 2021, ST. The move by Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to…