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Hong Kong scrapping quarantine for international arrivals
Hong Kong scrapping quarantine for international arrivals

Hong Kong announced Friday it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world's toughest travel restrictions which have battered the economy and kept the finance hub internationally isolated. The announcement leaves mainland China as the only major economy still hewing to lengthy quarantine for international arrivals.

Asian coastal cities sinking fast: study
Asian coastal cities sinking fast: study

Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study says. More than one billion people will live in coastal cities at risk of rising sea levels by 2050, according to UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.