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Beijing tightened Covid restrictions on Sunday following an outbreak, while Shanghai let some of its residents venture out after reporting a second day of zero infections outside of quarantine areas. Shanghai’s outbreak, which began in March, has been China’s worst since the early months of the pandemic in 2020. Hundreds …

A British lawmaker who had been suspended from PM Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party said he had resigned after viewing pornography twice on his phone in the House of Commons. The Conservatives suspended Neil Parish on Friday after he reported himself to parliament’s standards commissioner. Parish resigned on Saturday, having previously …

PM Pham Minh Chinh and his visiting Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, have agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation. Their talks, held Sunday after a welcome ceremony for Kishida headed by Chinh at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. After the ceremony, they saw 22 cooperation agreements signed between the two sides. At …

Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida affirmed the predestined relationship with Vietnam and agreed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries during the talk with Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh Sunday. Visiting Fumio Kishida and Chinh witnessed the exchange of 22 cooperation documents between Vietnam and Japan. During the press …

Shanghai said it had detected no new daily Covid-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a milestone in its battle to contain the virus, which put residents in Beijing on edge. Streets in Beijing were eerily quiet at the start of a five-day Labour Day break, with residents anxious that authorities …

India said it had seized $725 million from the local bank accounts of China’s Xiaomi Corp after it made illegal remittances to foreign entities by passing them off as payments. The Enforcement Directorate had been investigating the Chinese company’s business practices over suspected violations of Indian foreign exchange laws. The …

U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in March amid strong demand for services, while monthly inflation surged by the most in 16-1/2 years, giving the Federal Reserve ammunition to hike interest rates by a hefty 50 basis points next week. The case for an aggressive monetary policy stance from …

A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the capital …

The Health Ministry announced 5,019 new domestic Covid-19 patients Saturday, lowest since October 29 last year. In the last seven days, 7,280 new cases were recorded on average each day, down 32 percent from the previous seven-day period. Five deaths were recorded in the last seven days, down 47 percent. …

Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio arrived in Hanoi Saturday to begin his two-day official Vietnam visit. The visit comes five months after Kishida became PM. He is also the secretary general of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Union. Vietnam and Japan, who established diplomatic ties in 1973, have an extensive strategic …