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'Significant likelihood of Russian escalation' in 2023: Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer

2022 was dominated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the energy and inflation crises that stemmed from the war, as well as ongoing disruptions to global supply chains. In this show, we're looking ahead to 2023 with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the Eurasia Group. It has just published its…

France 24

U.S. warship sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait; China angered

A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which has riled China.

Reuters

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Thailand brings back proof of Covid vaccination requirement for travellers

The move follows news that China will relax travel restrictions from Sunday 8 January

The Independent UK

Paraguay election race puts Taiwan ties on a knife-edge

Paraguay would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and open relations with China if the opposition wins the election in April, its presidential candidate Efrain Alegre told Reuters, hoping to boost soy and beef exports that are its main economic engines.

Reuters

Oil Steadies after Biggest Start of the Year Drop in Decades

Oil steadied on Thursday in volatile trade after posting the biggest two-day loss for the start of a year in three decades with the shutdown of a US fuel pipeline providing support and economic concerns capping gains. Big declines in the previous two days were driven by worries about a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New Covid rules for people arriving from China begin today as cases skyrocket

Strict coronavirus measures are being introduced as China experiences a surge in cases

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China Reports Latest COVID Situation in Meeting with WHO

Officials and experts from China on Thursday attended an online meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO), China's national health commission said in a statement. During the meeting Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials and experts from Southeast University reported on China's latest COVID-19 prevention and control measures,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Best villages in the world to visit including in Ethiopia, China and Mexico

A total of 32 villages from 18 countries across the five world regions were recognised by the World Tourism Organisation this year, in countries including Spain, Morocco and Mexico

Daily Mirror

What we know about the ‘kraken’ COVID variant XBB.1.5 and why it’s causing concern

A new COVID-19 variant that was first detected last year has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S. — and picked up a creepy moniker along the way.

Tribune News Service

Do not repeat Russia mistakes with China, NATO chief urges the West

Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg used a speech to the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise to highlight the threat posed by Beijing as China deepens ties with Moscow

Daily Mirror

Ukraine war: despite Russian setbacks, an end to the conflict is not yet in sight

For the past two months, Russia has systematically targeted Ukrainian infrastructure, devastating the country’s power grid and putting many basic services from healthcare to sanitation at risk. Apart from destruction, this campaign has achieved virtually nothing positive for Russia.

The Conversation

China to End Quarantine for Travelers From Hong Kong to the Mainland

Starting Sunday, people arriving from the city will be allowed entry if they have a negative PCR test result from the past 48 hours

Caixin Global

Xi Jinping had as bad a year as Vladimir Putin and now China is paying the price

At the start of last year, when Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin for their most sensitive talks in Beijing, they had high hopes for 2022. The Russian president, Western intelligence believes, informed his host of his intentions to imminently attack Ukraine. Xi then asked Putin to wait until after the…

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Reuters

Germany to require rapid COVID-19 test for travellers from China

Germany is changing its entry rules for travellers from China and will in future require at least a rapid coronavirus test to enter the country, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Covid rules for travellers shifting worldwide

China may be reopening, allowing its 1.4 billion people to come and go largely without restrictions, but just as it is, more and more countries are tightening measures for travellers from the world’s second-biggest economy, concerned the tsunami of virus cases there may spawn new Covid variants.

Liverpool Echo

France changes travel rules again as UK Foreign Office advice updated

There are new entry requirements for some passengers

Evening Standard

EU agrees ‘to strongly encourage’ negative Covid test for travellers from China

European Union states have also been advised to conduct random testing on arrivals from China, regardless of nationality

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Salon

China and COVID-19: A lesson in extremes

China once had the strictest COVID-19 policies in the world. Now, the pandemic situation is out of control

Evening Standard

China Covid: Patients left in corridors after beds run out at Beijing hospital

Pictures show patients being left in walkways while cases soar in the Chinese capital

Fortune

WHO: no new COVID variants in China, but data 'under-represent' deaths

Officials also said that Chinese data is minimizing the true extent of China's COVID outbreak, especially with regard to hospitalizations and deaths.

Bangkok Post

Proof of Covid jabs for all visitors revived

All visitors to Thailand must show proof of at least two Covid-19 vaccinations under revised rules that coincide with the revival of travel from China, authorities said on Thursday.

Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company

Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday.

Reuters

Sweden to require negative COVID tests for travelers from China

Sweden will require travelers from China to show they have tested negative for COVID before they can enter the country, the Nordic country's government said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong-China border to reopen Sunday

Tens of thousands of people will be able to travel daily between Hong Kong and China from Sunday in a major easing of pandemic rules that kept the border mostly sealed for almost three years.

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