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The 31st Southeast Asian Games will officially open on Thursday in Hà Nội. Here’s what you need to know about the regional multi-sport event. — – VnExpress News

Japan’s economy likely contracted in the first three months of this year amid the Covid-19 fallout that took a toll on consumption and exports, a Reuters poll showed. The weak reading will underscore the challenge policymakers face in pulling the world’s third-largest economy sustainably out of the pandemic-induced doldrums. While …

Shanghai officials said on Wednesday half the city had achieved “zero Covid” status, but uncompromising restrictions had to remain in place under a national policy which the head of the World Health Organization described as “unsustainable.” Data released by Shanghai, in its sixth week of a painful lockdown, showed the …