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Japan PM Yoshihide Suga angers China after he refers to Taiwan as a country

Kyodo News
Jun 11 07:21 AM

Self-governed Taiwan is usually called a "region" in Japan, with the Communist-led Chinese government claiming the island is an "inalienable part" of its territory. Read more »

China passes legislation to retaliate against foreign sanctions

Kyodo News
Jun 11 07:15 AM

Beijing would take steps such as freezing assets held domestically by citizens of countries levying sanctions on China, and prohibiting them from entering the country. Read more »

G7 to provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses ‘to world’ by 2023

Agence France-Presse
Jun 11 05:55 AM | Updated Jun 11 11:28 AM

The UK added that it would donate at least 100 million surplus doses within the next year, including five million beginning in the coming weeks. Read more »

Biden: Biggest vaccine donation 'supercharges' battle against coronavirus

Reuters
Jun 11 04:37 AM | Updated Jun 11 11:29 AM

Biden cast the donation as a bold move that showed America recognized its responsibility to the world and to its own citizens. Read more »

Partial eclipse sweeps over northern hemisphere

Agence France-Presse
Jun 11 12:02 AM

PARIS - People across Earth's northern hemisphere viewed an annular solar eclipse Thursday with parts of Canada and Siberia privy to the best view of the celestial event. Read more »

Outcry as US lawmaker equates America with Hamas, Taliban

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 11:58 PM

WASHINGTON — Pressure mounted Thursday on US congresswoman Ilhan Omar as a Jewish group of fellow Democratic lawmakers called on her to clarify her remarks about "unthinkable atrocities" committed by the United States, Hamas and the Taliban. Read more »

Dinosaur na kasinghaba ng basketball court!

ABS-CBN News
Jun 10 08:22 PM

Natagpuan ang fossil ng dambuhalang dinosaur sa Queensland, Australia.  Read more »

Taiwan's Medigen seeks usage approval for COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Reuters
Jun 10 07:40 PM

TAIPEI - Taiwan's Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp said on Thursday that it was seeking a speedy emergency use authorization, or EUA, from the government for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate after safely completing phase II trials. Read more »

COVID-19 vaccination in Europe 'far from sufficient' to avoid resurgence: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 06:56 PM

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that vaccination rates in Europe were still far off what was needed to stop a virus resurgence and called on countries to maintain protective measures. Read more »

Singapore to ease curbs as coronavirus cases fall

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 06:53 PM

Singapore will begin slowly easing a month-long partial lockdown from next week after the curbs succeeded in stemming a coronavirus outbreak, authorities said Thursday. Read more »

Meatpacking giant JBS pays $11 million to ransomware hackers

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 06:51 PM

JBS, one of the world's biggest meat processors, has paid bitcoin worth $11 million in ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralyzing cyberattack believed to have originated in Russia. Read more »

Taiwan activists slam 'discriminatory' coronavirus migrant curbs

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 06:49 PM

Taiwanese rights activists on Thursday urged authorities to revoke a "discriminatory" ban on migrant workers going outside after a coronavirus outbreak spread to the island's lucrative tech sector.   Read more »

3 Palestinians killed in clash with Israeli forces

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 06:36 PM

Three Palestinians were killed early Thursday by Israeli special forces who were on a mission to arrest suspected "terrorists" in the occupied West Bank, sources on both sides said. Read more »

Search continues after building collapses in South Korea

Kyodo News
Jun 10 06:22 PM

Fire officials continued Thursday to search for any other people who might be trapped under the debris of a building that collapsed Wednesday in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju, killing nine and injuring eight.   Read more »

China passes legislation to retaliate against foreign sanctions

Kyodo News
Jun 10 06:15 PM

China passed legislation to retaliate against foreign sanctions, state-run media reported Thursday, as the country's tensions with the United States and other democratic nations have been escalating over human rights and security issues.   Read more »

Japan to lift COVID-19 quasi-emergency in 3 prefectures

Kyodo News
Jun 10 06:13 PM | Updated Jun 10 10:25 PM

The Japanese government decided Thursday to lift the COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in three prefectures after this weekend, having deemed infections are steadily declining and the strain on hospitals has eased.   Read more »

AstraZeneca says working with Southeast Asian nations on vaccine deliveries

Reuters
Jun 10 04:28 PM

AstraZeneca says it is working closely with Southeast Asia governments to ensure its COVID-19 vaccine is supplied "as quickly as possible," after reported delays in deliveries of orders from a Thai plant owned by the country's powerful king. Read more »

11 dead in Mumbai building collapse

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 02:33 PM

At least 11 people, including 8 children, were killed when heavy monsoon rains caused a residential building to collapse in a Mumbai slum, Indian authorities said Thursday. Read more »

12 killed in Myanmar military plane crash

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 02:14 PM | Updated Jun 10 05:09 PM

YANGON (UPDATED)- Twelve people were killed when a Myanmar military plane crashed in a central region of the country Thursday, a spokesman for the junta said. Read more »

India records world's highest daily COVID-19 deaths after state revises numbers

Reuters
Jun 10 01:45 PM

India reported on Thursday the highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 in the world, at 6,148, after a big eastern state revised its figures to account for people who succumbed to the disease at home or in private hospitals. Read more »

Thousands of wild animals sold in Wuhan markets months before COVID-19 outbreak -report

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Jun 10 01:19 PM

Findings by Chinese and British researchers highlight scale of trade in wild species and the poor conditions in which they were kept. The animals on sale include species known to be susceptible to coronaviruses – such as civet cats, mink and raccoon dogs – but not bats or pangolins. Read more »

McDonald's BTS-meal frenzy sparks virus closures in Indonesia

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 01:14 PM

More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald's outlets were temporarily shuttered Wednesday over virus fears as the chain's new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country.  Read more »

Myanmar junta hits Suu Kyi with graft charges

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 01:13 PM

The Myanmar junta has hit deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi with corruption charges over claims she accepted illegal payments of gold and more than half a million dollars in cash, state media reported Thursday.   Read more »

Two Australian states on COVID-19 alert after infected woman's interstate travel

Renju Jose, Reuters
Jun 10 01:06 PM

SYDNEY - Two Australian states are on COVID-19 alert after an infected woman and her husband traveled from Victoria, the epicenter of country's latest outbreak, through the states of New South Wales and into Queensland, visiting dozens of sites enroute. Read more »

US defense chief tells Pentagon to sharpen focus on China

Agence France-Presse
Jun 10 11:24 AM | Updated Jun 10 11:40 AM

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directed the Pentagon on Wednesday to sharpen its focus on China, which the United States has tagged as its top strategic rival.   Read more »