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China on Saturday marked the first day of “chun yun”, the 40-day period of Lunar New Year travel known pre-pandemic as the world’s largest annual migration of people, bracing for a huge increase in travellers and the spread of Covid-19 infections. This Lunar New Year public holiday, which officially runs …

Seventeen people were killed and 22 were injured Sunday in a road traffic accident in eastern China’s Jiangxi province, state media reported. “The accident caused 17 deaths, 22 people were injured, the injured have been sent to the hospital,” state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing local authorities. The “major road traffic …

Twitter Inc made further staff cuts in the trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in the unit related to hate speech and harassment, Bloomberg news reported on Saturday. At least a dozen more cuts on Friday night affected workers in the company’s Dublin and Singapore offices, the …

The surge in travel during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and relaxed travel policies of some countries could result in more Covid-19 infections, the Ministry of Health warned. “With the new reopening policies of countries in the region, the number of Covid-19 cases from abroad will increase in the …

Hanoi is one of Vietnam’s five localities in which citizens are least satisfied with the quality of their living environment, a new report has found. According to the 2022 Environmental Protection Performance Indicators (PEPI) report released this week by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi ranks 59th out …

With more and more vehicles hitting HCMC’s roads, the number of regular traffic congestion spots has spiraled to 24, according to the Department of Transport. It released a list of six new spots Friday: the Hang Xanh and Pham Van Dong – Phan Van Tri intersections in Binh Thanh District, …

Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives early on Saturday, after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about the party’s ability to govern. The 57-year-old Californian suffered one final humiliation when Representative Matt Gaetz withheld his vote on the …

A Jetstar flight made an emergency landing at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Saturday due to a bomb threat, though no device was found, officials said. The runway at the airport was closed after the flight from Narita airport near Tokyo, bound for Fukuoka in southern Japan, …

Ant Group said on Saturday its founder Jack Ma will no longer control the Chinese fintech giant, as the firm seeks to draw a line under a regulatory crackdown that was triggered soon after its mammoth stock market debut was scuppered two years ago. Ant’s $37 billion IPO, which would …

Utility crews in northern California worked to restore power to tens of thousands of homes on Friday following two days of fierce winds and torrential rain, even as the region braced for another onslaught of stormy weather heading into the weekend. The next bout of heavy showers and gusty winds …