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Explainer-Germany plans vaccine mandate amid qualms over rights
BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers are due to debate introducing a bill making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory. The idea is facing resistance from politicians as well as ordinary Germans.
UK PM Johnson says talking to U.S. about banning Russia from Swift payments system
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said he was discussing banning Russia from the Swift global payments system with the United States.
Vietnam reports 15,743 new Covid-19 cases and total now stands at 2,171,527 on Tuesday (Jan 25)
Vietnam reported 15,743 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, including 15,699 locally transmitted and 44 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Philippines 'dodges a bullet' as Omicron outbreak relents
The Philippines seems to have put the worst of a massive coronavirus outbreak behind it, with signs that the current surge fuelled by the extremely infectious Omicron variant has already crested.
Olympics-At Beijing Games, hugs discouraged but condoms available
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing Olympics organisers are keeping up with the tradition of making condoms available to athletes, despite detailed social distancing guidelines intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 within the "closed loop" in which the Games will take place.
Thailand approves US$1.6 billion measures to help consumption and tourism
Thailand's cabinet has approved a further 53.2 billion baht (US$1.61 billion) of stimulus to support consumption and tourism to help an economy hit by a fresh coronavirus outbreak.
TIMELINE - Myanmar's year of turmoil since the military took power in a coup
Myanmar's military took power in a coup on Feb. 1 last year after complaining of fraud in a November 2020 general election won by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi's party. Election monitoring groups found no evidence of mass fraud.
Asian shares decline amid Omicron, Fed and Ukraine jitters
Asian shares skidded Tuesday following a volatile day on Wall Street. Inflation-fighting measures from the Federal Reserve and the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine are overhanging markets.
British police probe lockdown parties in new blow to PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Tuesday they would investigate allegations of lockdown parties at Boris Johnson's Downing Street official residence, as media said an internal report that could determine his future might be published very soon.
Netherlands expected to ease COVID curbs despite record infections
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Dutch government is expected to announce on Tuesday it will allow restaurants, bars and theatres to re-open despite record numbers of coronavirus infections.
