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Vietnam, one of Asias biggest consumers of wildlife products, has suspended all imports of wild animal species dead or alive and vowed to eliminate illegal markets across the country. The directive, released on July 23, 2020 on the government website and signed by the Communist countrys premier, comes after the link between the coronavirus pandemic and Chinese wildlife markets selling bats. (AFP)

Vietnam bans wildlife imports, markets to prevent another outbreak

Vietnam has been a popular destination for wildlife products often from endangered species used in traditional medicine...

25 July 2020 12:00 PM IST

A quarantine order was imposed on six different vessels anchored in the citys waters after some of the crew members tested positive for the virus. (AP)

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Hong Kong-'s sudden virus spike could be caused by its seafarers

After successfully tackling COVID-19 local transmission once, case numbers in the densely packed finance hub increased...

24 July 2020 3:12 PM IST

$Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. Charges have been dropped against the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who is accused in a 2012 car crash that killed a Bangkok police officer, Thai police said Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP)$ World

Charges dropped against Thai Red Bull heir over policeman death

Vorayuth, heir to one of the richest families in Thailand, avoided meeting prosecutors ever since and had become a...

24 July 2020 2:29 PM IST

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center, walks with officials after attending the 36th Han Kung military exercises in Taichung City, central Taiwan. (AP)

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Taiwan says China sending military planes near island almost daily

China claims the self-ruling island democracy as its own territory and threatens to use Peopleâ€™s Liberation Army to...

23 July 2020 3:38 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a new chicken farm being built in Hwangju County, North Korea.(Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

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North Korea-'s Kim visits chicken farm, calls for improvements

He described the facility as a model for modernizing chicken farms in the rest of the country, which he described as...

23 July 2020 11:59 AM IST

$Protesters show a banner \Librate Hong Kong, Revolution of out time\ and gesture with five fingers, signifying the \Five demands - not one less\ in a shopping mall during a protest in Hong Kong. The slogan had just been banned by the government under the new legislation, stating that it had separatist connotations. (AP)$ World