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China's decision last December to end the three-year zero-COVID policy, led to a massive surge in hospitalisations and deaths.

The relaxation of rules includes allowing infected people with mild symptoms to quarantine at home.

Some Beijing residents are defying strict curbs as the government tentatively relaxes pandemic control measures.

China's COVID policies have stifled everything from domestic consumption, to factory output and global supply chains, and have inflicted severe mental stress on hundreds of millions of people.

The southwestern city of Chongqing will allow close contacts of people with COVID-19, who fulfil certain conditions, to quarantine at home.

China's cases are decreasing just as some cities announce easing of COVID curbs and lift lockdowns.

Fresh unrest at the world's largest iPhone plant highlighted the social and industrial toll of China's strict COVID-19 measures.

The new rules were among the 20 measures examined, amid a new push to optimise and improve COVID control policies.

Pressure is growing on the central govt to rein in over-zealous authorities fearing blame for failing to contain the virus.

Manufacturing activity shrank in South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia in October, and expanded at the slowest pace in 21 months in Japan.

The theme park did not indicate when it would reopen but said it would refund or reschedule tickets.

While COVID curbs continue to hinder large in-person gatherings in Hong Kong, rival financial center Singapore has mostly returned to pre-pandemic life.

Some 220 million Chinese children and young people have been confined for prolonged periods due to COVID restrictions.

Clusters in the tourism hotspots Hainan and Tibet continued to expand, with affected cities under lockdowns.

For many departing foreign residents, the two years of strict COVID curbs made it immensely difficult to fly in and out of China.

UTP has proudly unveiled Malaysia's first multidisciplinary engineering programme.

The US "will make another push, with Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and others, to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza," says Joe Biden.

Flooding is expected near Sungai Semerak, Pasir Puteh, affecting low-lying villages within 5km of the river, according to PRABN.

Here's a summary of the policies Donald Trump has said he will pursue when he takes office on Jan. 20.

The Taliban-led foreign ministry denies having arrested that number of journalists and added that those arrested had committed a crime.

Many users continue to be tricked and scammed even though police have repeatedly issued warnings about scams proliferating on social media.

Deputy Minister of Education says, those identified with severe emotional issues undergo screening twice a year.

Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.