Tag: Asia
Countries eager to reopen to travel as pandemic recedes
Countries reliant on tourism are racing to reopen borders and revive economies decimated by the pandemic.
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AP Investigation: Myanmar’s junta using bodies to terrorize
Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of...
Vaccine inequality in India sends many falling through gaps
NEW DELHI — As the coronavirus tears through India, night watchman Sagar Kumar thinks constantly about getting vaccines for himself and his family of...
Key events in arrest, flight of ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn
A timeline of key events that began with Carlos Ghosn’s assignment to Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. by its French alliance partner, Renault SA:
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American on trial in Japan gets support from ex-boss Ghosn
TOKYO — Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has backed his former colleague American lawyer Greg Kelly’s insistence he is innocent of any wrongdoing.
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Jofra Archer has elbow surgery, to be evaluated in 4 weeks
LONDON — Jofra Archer has had surgery on a long-standing right elbow injury, England said Wednesday, and is unlikely to play for the national...
Judges lawyers in MH17 trial visit wreckage of plane
GILZE-RIJEN AIR BASE, Netherlands — Judges and lawyers in the trial of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged in the 2014 downing of Malaysia...
WhatsApp sues Indian government over new internet rules
NEW DELHI — The messaging app WhatsApp has sued the Indian government seeking to defend its users’ privacy and stop new rules that would...
France to introduce tougher mandatory quarantine for UK
PARIS — France will impose a mandatory quarantine on visitors from Britain to prevent the spread of a worrying virus variant first detected in...
AP source: Biden picks LA mayor, envoy for ambassador posts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to announce he is nominating former senior State Department official Nicholas Burns to serve as his ambassador...