Asia

China reports COVID-19 outbreak on border with Myanmar

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BEIJING — At least nine people have tested positive for COVID-19 in a Chinese city on the border with Myanmar, health officials said Wednesday. ...

H&M swings to loss, affirms commitment to China market

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STOCKHOLM — Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday reported an expected loss in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the pandemic-hit Swedish company...

H&M swings to loss, affirms commitment to China market

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STOCKHOLM — Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday reported an expected loss in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the pandemic-hit Swedish company...

China pushes to expand virus origin search beyond its border

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BEIJING — Chinese health officials pushed Wednesday to expand the search for the origins of the coronavirus beyond China, one day after the release...

China pushes to expand virus origin search beyond its border

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BEIJING — Chinese health officials pushed Wednesday to expand the search for the origins of the coronavirus beyond China, one day after the release...

Trash scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine

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NEW DELHI — The scavengers wait patiently for a dump truck to tip the trash on the summit of the landfill outside New Delhi....

Brazil leader names new top diplomat amid Cabinet shake-up

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Amid a slide in his popularity, President Jair Bolsonaro has shaken up the Cabinet, including replacing Brazil's foreign minister who...

Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games

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TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say...

Afghan officials: 3 women working in polio drive killed

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the anti-polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after...

N. Korea calls South’s leader ‘a parrot raised by America’

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea called South Korea’s president “a parrot raised by America” Tuesday, resuming its trademark derisive rhetoric against its rivals...