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Manila (Philippines), Dec 5 (EFE/EPA).- Esports made its debut on Thursday at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, with six medals at stake.The electronic video gaming competition is divided into three categories: PC (Dota 2, Heartstone and Starcraft II), console (Tekken 2) and mobile (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang and Arena of Valor).The Southeast Asian Games kicked off on Saturday, hamppered by organizational chaos and the arrival of Typhoon Kammuri in the north of the country. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).FOOTAGE SHOWING THE ESPORTS COMPETITION IN THE 30TH SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES IN MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES.
G7 top diplomats meet in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa for talks focused on Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Discussions will set the stage for a leaders' summit in Hiroshima next month. IMAGES
Bangkok / Manila / Hanoi / Jakarta, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- In its worst wave of the pandemic, Southeast Asia has resigned itself to living with Covid-19 and is committed to relaxing restrictions to revive the ailing economy and give its exhausted population a break.Countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia, which kept Covid-19 low in 2020, have been facing an exponential increase in cases for months due to the contagious delta variant, originally detected in India. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 SITUATIONS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; MANILA, PHILIPPINES; HANOI, VIETNAM AND JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Aceh, Aug 18 (EFE/EPA).-Southeast Asia recorded nearly twice as many Covid-19 deaths than North America in the past two weeks, the Red Cross said Wednesday, urging wealthier nations to urgently share their vaccines with the region.Southeast Asia registered 38,522 Covid-19 deaths over the last two weeks, higher than any other region, the organization said, citing data collected by Johns Hopkins University in the United States.(Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)SHOT LIST: OXYGEN REFILL STATION IN ACEH, INDONESIA.
Various Asian Cities, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).-A number of countries in South and Southeast Asia have ramped up vaccination drives against Covid-19 after the region was hit by devastating waves of the pandemic in recent months, in which hundreds of thousands deaths were reported and the medical infrastructure was unable to handle the massive caseload. The World Health Organization said in a press release on Friday that more than half a billion vaccine doses had been administered in Southeast Asia as more doses had become available and governments had scaled up efforts amid recurring outbreaks. “Countries across the Region are making unprecedented efforts to reach more and more people with life-saving COVID-19 vaccines demonstrating their commitment to contain the pandemic at the earliest," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the regional director of WHO for Southeast Asia, said in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVES IN INDIA, NEPAL, THAILAND AND INDONESIA.
Beijing, Aug 5 (EFE).- After celebrating the summer 2008 Olympics, China’s capital will be the first city in the world to also host a winter games in February 2022, with its facilities practically completed and needing only minor tweaks. (Camera: ALVARO ALFARO).B-ROLL OF THE OFFICE OF BEIJING ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE 2022 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES, THE OLYMPIC RINGS, THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN BEIJING, CHINA, AS WELL AS THE SKI RESORT IN ZHANGJIAKOU, HEBEI PROVINCE, CHINA.
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