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Thais turn to crocodile meat as pricey pork pulls pig off the menu for Lunar New Year feasts

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube As pork prices skyrocket ahead of Lunar New Year, many Thais are turning to an alternative white meat – crocodile. The country’s crocodile farms, which used to export to Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, are now finding growing demand for the tasty but tough meat at home. On average, some 20,000 crocodiles are now slaughtered for…

China’s Omicron outbreaks dampening Lunar New Year travels

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Typically the world’s largest annual human migration, China’s Lunar New Year holiday is expecting traffic to be well below pre-pandemic numbers. Chinese residents made 3 billion trips around the Spring Festival season in 2019.Travellers are expected to make an estimated 1.18 billion trips over the 40-day period, a 36 per cent increase on 2021 figures, according…

Hong Kong pledges improvements at Penny’s Bay after lawmakers slam quarantine facility

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Hong Kong government has pledged improvements at its quarantine facility at Penny’s Bay. The changes were promised after several Beijing loyalist lawmakers and senior government officials slammed a lack of services there after they were sent into quarantine following potential exposure to the coronavirus at a birthday party on January 3, 2022. The city has…

Biden hails ‘enormous progress’ during first year in office

United States President Joe Biden has said his administration achieved “enormous progress” during his first year in office, but stressed that he would continue to tackle key challenges, including COVID-19 and rising prices. Speaking one day before his presidency hits the one-year mark, Biden on Wednesday highlighted his administration’s achievements, including getting millions of people in the United States vaccinated, combatting unemployment, and signing a…

What's behind the Houthi's attack on the UAE? | Inside Story

The United Arab Emirates has promised it will retaliate against the most significant Houthi attack on its soil in years. At least three people died when drones struck oil facilities near Abu Dhabi airport. The UAE is part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen since 2015. So what message is being sent by the Houthis, as the civil war enters its seventh…

Beijing records first local case of Omicron ahead of Winter Olympics and Lunar New Year

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Beijing has recorded its first case involving the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Chinese capital’s first locally transmitted case of the new strain of the virus that causes Covid-19 was reported on January 15, 2022, as a throng of local transmission chains was being found throughout the country with only weeks to go before the…

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