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A man is detained after attacking a police officer as he wants to enter the closed area in Jordan area of Hong Kong, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Thousands of Hong Kongers locked down to contain coronavirusThousands of Hong Kong residents are locked down in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city

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Nepali climbers who scaled K2 in Pakistan recount successNepalese climbers who last week made history by scaling the world’s second highest peak — Pakistan’s K2 — in the winter season have praised Pakistan’s military and civil authorities for facilitating their challenging expedition

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6 die in collapse of abandoned mine in northeast IndiaOfficials say six miners have died after being trapped in an abandoned coal mine that collapsed in India’s remote northeast

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Talks between Indian farmers, government reach stalemateTalks between leaders of protesting farmers and the Indian government have ended abruptly in a stalemate, with the agriculture minister saying he has nothing more to offer than an 18-month suspension of contentious agricultural reform laws

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Tens of thousands protest against Nepal's prime ministerTens of thousands of people have protested in Nepal’s capital against the prime minister for dissolving Parliament and ordering new elections in an escalating feud within the governing party

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Japan vaccination uncertainty casts doubts over OlympicsJapan is publicly adamant that it will stage its postponed Olympics this summer

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AP PHOTOS: Long lines as Beijing expands mass COVID testing

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, South Korean K-Pop group Epik High members arrive to attend the K-POP Awards 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Popular South Korean hip-hop trio Epik High was working on a song called “End of the World” before the pandemic hit in 2020. Now, the band's frontman Tablo says, “I wish that this song is not relevant.” (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

With new album, Epik High endures in South Korea music scenePopular South Korean hip-hop trio Epik High was working on a song called “End of the World” before the pandemic hit last year

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Timeline: China's COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown of WuhanThe 76-day lockdown of the Chinese city of Wuhan that began one year ago Saturday was the most extreme step taken up to that point against the coronavirus

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Sri Lankan municipal workers wait to receive bodies of COVID-19 victims at a cemetery in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Sri Lanka on Friday approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to stop the system from collapsing. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka approves vaccine amid warnings of virus spreadSri Lanka has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 amid warnings from doctors that front-line health workers should be quickly inoculated to prevent the medical system from collapsing

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Relatives of plane's victims cast flowers into Indonesia seaRelatives of crash victims prayed and threw flowers into the Java Sea where a Sriwijaya Air jet plunged into the water almost two weeks ago, killing all 62 people on board