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Japan will require a negative Covid-19 test upon arrival for travelers from mainland China due to the rapid spread of the virus in the country, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday. Travelers from China who test positive will be required to quarantine for seven days, Kishida told reporters, adding …

A major cryptocurrency exchange platform said it would consider the Pi Network for listing “once the main network is upgraded successfully.” “Once the main network is upgraded successfully, Pi will be reviewed for listing at the soonest,” cryptocurrency exchange platform Huobi said in an announcement on Monday. “With the positive …

China will stop requiring inbound travelers to go into quarantine starting from Jan. 8, the National Health Commission said on Monday in a major step towards easing curbs on its borders, which have been largely shut since 2020. China’s management of Covid-19 will also be downgraded to the less strict …

A Nigerian man was injured in a traffic accident on Ho Chi Minh Road in Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands on Tuesday. Lliyabuba, 39, was driving a car on a section of Ho Chi Minh Road through the province’s Chu Se District at around 8:30 a.m., when he …

A section of National Highway 50 linking the Mekong Delta with HCMC’s Binh Chanh District will be widened from 8m to 34m. Work started on the project on Tuesday morning to expand a 7-km section of the highway that runs between Nguyen Van Linh Boulevard and the border of Ho …

To reduce traffic jams and accidents, container trucks will be banned permanently on Nguyen Dinh Chieu and Vo Van Tan streets in Ho Chi Minh City. The HCMC Department of Transport said that the ban will take effect from December 31. On Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in District 1, container …

The gender imbalance of newborns in Vietnam this year is considered “severe,” with 113.7 boys being born for every 100 girls, according to the General Office for Population and Family Planning. Nguyen Doan Tu, head of the office, said Monday that the gender imbalance among newborns in certain regions is …

Chinese people, cut off from the rest of the world for three years by Covid-19 curbs, flocked to travel sites on Tuesday ahead of borders reopening, even as rising infections strained the health system and further roiled the economy. Zero-tolerance measures – from shuttered borders to frequent lockdowns – have …

Thousands of flight cancelations and delays coupled with long lines and missing luggage at airports frustrated U.S. travelers over the Christmas weekend after a massive winter storm snarled airport operations around the country. The travel disruptions continued into Monday when airlines canceled over 2,500 flights as of early afternoon, according …

SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday that the company is now close to having 100 active Starlinks, the firm’s satellite internet service in Iran. Musk announced it three months after he tweeted he would activate the service there amid protests around the Islamic country. Musk said, “approaching 100 …