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Train crossings had been on hold since April 29, when China suspended services with North Korea shortly before Pyongyang acknowledged its first Covid-19 outbreak. Source link

The head of the World Health Organization tempered his assertion that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic was near. Source link

Suspects connected to 386 cases of telephone deception involving losses totalling HK$750 million, force says. Source link

Nearly 400 people a day continue to die from Covid-19 in the United States. Source link

Hoover Cake Shop in Kowloon City to shut its doors after half a century of serving up tasty traditional treats. Source link

The hit musical, a Broadway fixture since 1988, will end its run in February, becoming the biggest victim yet of New York’s pandemic-hit theatre scene. Source link

The comment was the most optimistic from the UN health agency since it declared an international emergency over the coronavirus in March 2020. Source link

While one in five Chinese adults say they will ‘definitely’ travel internationally, Europe finds renewed popularity as crime figures soar in American cities. Source link

Japan plans to abandon its daily limits on foreign tourists, scrap visa restrictions and allow individual travellers without travel agency bookings. Elsewhere, New Zealand has ditched most of its Covid rules as it learns to live with the virus. Source link

‘It has been extremely challenging to strike a balance between curbing the pandemic and facilitating travel, while preserving the economy’, Chan says. Source link