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Asia
Xi’s dilemma: The unvaccinated elderly keeping COVID-zero China in lockdowns
China, the country where COVID-19 was first detected, still has more than 90 million people aged over 60 who are under-vaccinated.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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With Sri Lanka in freefall, this is what a collapsed economy looks like
Acute shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other basic items, as well as soaring prices, have left the bankrupt South Asian island in despair.
- by Chris Barrett
Opinion
China
Lockdowns spark signs of defiance among China’s restless youth
Urban, educated young people in China are increasingly disillusioned about the country’s future. Harsh lockdowns have exposed a burgeoning mood of disquiet.
- by Yun Jiang
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Earthquake
Afghan families were asleep when quake struck, now bodies pile on the streets
Aid workers say weeks of heavy rains caused mud-brick homes to collapse into piles of rubble, killing entire families.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Earthquake
Death toll continues to rise after earthquake in eastern Afghanistan
In a rare move, the Taliban’s supreme leader pleaded with the international community and humanitarian organisations for help.
- by Fazel Rahman Faiez
China to have a bigger say in world affairs but must be transparent: Marles
In India, Australia’s deputy PM warns Beijing is driving insecurity and military escalation by not communicating with its neighbours.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Sri Lanka’s economy ‘has completely collapsed’, says despairing PM
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that “no country or organisation in the world” would give them fuel. “We are now seeing signs of a possible fall to rock bottom.”
- by Krishan Francis
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant’s demise is a reflection of Hong Kong’s
COVID turned the Jumbo into a floating duck, but its fortunes, along with the replica Tai Pan in Sydney Harbour, were sealed before that.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Before chickens were tasty, they were sacred pets
At European Iron Age sites, the researchers found adult chickens buried alone with no signs of butchery, one even with a healed leg fracture
- by James Gorman
Hong Kong’s iconic Jumbo Floating Restaurant capsizes at sea
The Jumbo Floating Restaurant, a landmark in Hong Kong for over four decades, served over 3 million guests including the Queen and Tom Cruise.
- by Zen Soo
Taliban frees ex-BBC cameraman, four others, after ‘long ordeal’
The UK released a statement apologising on behalf of the five Britons “for any breach of Afghan culture, customs or laws”.
- by David Zucchino and Carlotta Gall