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Confusion, fear cloud China's path out of zero-Covid
Confusion, fear cloud China's path out of zero-Covid
by  AFP

With megacities under lockdown, infection numbers climbing and sporadic protests, China's Covid-19 policy has reached a stalemate as authorities persist with seeking to contain the virus while trying to keep the economy alive.

Cuban singer Pablo Milanes dies in Madrid at 79: agent
Cuban singer Pablo Milanes dies in Madrid at 79: agent
by  AFP

Acclaimed Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist Pablo Milanes died early Tuesday in Spain, where he had been hospitalized in recent days, his agent said. "It is with great pain and sadness that we inform you that the maestro Pablo Milanes died this morning, November 22, in Madrid," his agency said on the singer's official Facebook page.

Six staffers from Hong Kong's Apple Daily plead guilty to foreign collusion
Six staffers from Hong Kong's Apple Daily plead guilty to foreign collusion
by  AFP

Six senior staffers from Hong Kong's shuttered pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily pleaded guilty to colluding with foreign forces on Tuesday, and could face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Four former senior editors and two ex-executives pleaded guilty at the Hong Kong High Court on Tuesday to "conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security".

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