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Nearly 2,000 containers, more than 80 percent with fresh agriculture produce, remain stuck at three border gates with China in the northern province of Lang Son. With China continuing to tighten Covid-19 measures, it would take 10-15 days for them to pass through, Lieu Anh Minh, deputy director of the …

Police in the Canadian capital Ottawa on Wednesday warned truck drivers blockading the downtown core to depart or face arrest in crackdown seeking to end a three-week-old protest over Covid restrictions. Interim Police Chief Steve Bell vowed “to take back the entirety of the downtown core and every occupied space” …

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam called on residents to “remain confident” and support her administration’s measures to contain a worsening Covid-19 outbreak, as daily infections surged by more than 40 times since the start of February. Lam’s comments, in a statement released late on Wednesday, came after Chinese President Xi …