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  • Right: Villagers walking down an alley between rows of new houses built by the Chinese government - as part of its anti-poverty campaign - in Xujiashan village in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture's Ganluo county. Villagers used to live in mud huts.

China's fragile victory over poverty

This week, China declared victory in its decades-long battle against poverty.

Nations firm up on strategies for vaccination

Anger grows at Hong Kong's erratic Covid-19 rules as cases mount

Hong Kong says it takes a flexible "suppress and lift" approach to virus restrictions based on the advice of medical advisers. 

Logistics firms in China step up measures to prevent Covid-19 spread via imported frozen food

Dock workers are required to wear masks when loading and unloading imported cold-chain food cargo.

Malaysia yet to finalise plans for KL-S'pore high-speed rail, says minister

A news report claimed Malaysia was considering changes so that the line ends in Johor Baru and not Singapore.

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Farmers allowed to enter Delhi for protests after clashes with police

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