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Passengers are seen upon their arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport from other countries, in Shanghai on January 8, 2023. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China welcomes first batch of int'l travellers after scrapping of...

First flights under China's new 'no quarantine' rules for international travellers landed at airports in Guangzhou and...

8 Jan 2023 6:53 AM GMT

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

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Biden administration proposes massive hike in immigration fees...

The application for the H-1B visa increases from USD 460 to USD 780, and L-1 from USD 460 to USD 1,385

5 Jan 2023 7:30 AM GMT

An employee of the the Dutch Municipal Health Service hands out free Covid-19 self-test kits to travelers arriving from China, at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport on January 4, 2023. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen /AFP)

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EU advises pre-flight Covid tests on passengers from China

The Chinese government and European health experts have said there is no pressing need for any blanket restrictions on...

5 Jan 2023 4:45 AM GMT

In this file photo taken on November 27, 2019 an Amazon sign is pictured at the Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, east England. (Photo: AFP)

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Amazon announces cutting more than 18,000 jobs

Amazon's job-slashing plan is the largest among recent workforce reductions that have impacted the US tech sector

5 Jan 2023 4:42 AM GMT

A passenger of a flight from Beijing leaves the terminal after landing at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Barajas, on the outskirts of Madrid, on December 31, 2022. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP)

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Canada to require COVID tests for passengers from China

The requirement will apply to all air travellers aged two and older from the three countries and will begin on Jan. 5

1 Jan 2023 5:05 AM GMT

$In this file photograph taken on December 25, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his first Christmas Day \Urbi et Orbi\ (the city and the world) message to pilgrims and tourists on St Peters Square at The Vatican. - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a German theologian whose 2013 resignation took the world by surprise, died on December 31, 2022, at age 95, the Vatican announced. (Photo: AFP)$ World