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Biden plans ‘several’ stops on Asia trip, region to remain focus -U.S. official

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at an event to reignite the ‘Cancer Moonshot’ initiative with a goal to reduce cancer death by 50 percent over the next 25 years, in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Cheriss May Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register […]

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How to travel to Southeast Asia during COVID-19

If you’re planning a trip to Southeast Asia, here’s what you need to know about key destinations; what’s open, what’s not, what you need to travel there and how to cross borders with various restrictions in place. Traveling through Southeast Asia, a region packed with options for adventurers, foodies, history lovers and beach bums, was […]

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Asia misses global recovery of air travel, as IATA condemns bans | Aviation

Hwaseong, South Korea – Asia-Pacific countries have almost entirely missed out on the global recovery of air travel, with flights still down more than 90 percent compared with pre-pandemic levels, new figures show. The region is the only part of the world to see practically no improvement in air travel during the past year, with […]

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Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia

Asia India: New Delhi police arrest protesting doctors New Delhi police arrested several hospital resident doctors protesting outside the Maulana Azad Medical College on December 27. The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) condemned the police action and threatened that all healthcare institutions would be completely shut down from that day. The protest was a […]

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Asia Reminded Us of These 21 Things About Travel in 2021

Grueling. I can’t think of any other way to describe 2021. We enter the holiday season confronting similar complex uncertainties as 12 months ago, after shards of light briefly flickered in November. So, let’s rewind the 21 events that galvanised attentions across this grueling year. 1) India and the Delta Variant The world watched in […]

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‘People miss travel’: IATA bullish on Asia travel rebound in 2022 | Aviation News

Asia will reopen to travel as more is learned about the Omicron variant, with the recent tightening of borders only a “temporary speed bump” on the road to recovery, according to a top airline industry representative. In an exclusive interview, Philip Goh, regional head of the International Air Transport Association, told Al Jazeera he was […]

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Asia stocks rise as investors continue assessing omicron variant risk

SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly higher in Wednesday trade as investors continued to assess the impact of the omicron Covid variant. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.34% as of its final hour of trading, paring earlier gains of more than 1%. Mainland Chinese stocks closed mixed, with the Shanghai composite slipping slightly […]

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New Zealand and Other Asia Pacific Countries Respond to Omicron

New Zealand said on Tuesday that it was pushing back a phased opening of its borders to the end of February, in another indication of how countries throughout the Asia Pacific region are scrambling to respond to the threat of the Omicron variant. New Zealand also postponed its plans to allow its citizens living in […]

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