Douglas Todd: Think B.C. has a lot of housing regulations? You ain't seen nothing

Credit to Author: Douglas Todd| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:00:14 +0000

Opinion: Around the world there are almost no limits to legislators’ creativity in protecting renters and potential home buyers from soaring prices.

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Don’t go to China, nations appeal

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:18:09 +0000

BEIJING: Several nations, led by the United States, Japan and Canada, have told their citizens to avoid non-essential travels to China after the World Health Organization (WFO) declared a global coronavirus emergency, as the death toll rose to 213 and total infections surpassed SARS or its the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic two decades ago. […]

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Attacks in Afghanistan hit record-high

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:17:43 +0000

KABUL: As the Trump administration weighs significant United States troop reductions in Afghanistan, the number of attacks carried out by the Taliban and other anti-government forces reached a record high in the last three months of last year, according to a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Despite the continued violence, […]

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Beijing starts mandatory temperature screening

Credit to Author: Global Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:16:54 +0000

Beijing subway authorities on Friday said they have launched temperature detection measures in all of the city’s subway stations. Passengers will be tested by thermal imagers and handheld thermometers. Those with abnormal body temperatures will be sent to hospitals, Beijing subway operators said. Beijing will introduce more thermal imagers to increase efficiency and ensure the […]

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Asia sees growing repression, resistance

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:15:33 +0000

BANGKOK: Authoritarian governments in Asia are undermining human rights and demonizing their critics, but they face a rising tide of protest from young people who defy grave risks to protest such repression, Amnesty International said in its annual report on the region. The human rights group’s annual survey of the Asia-Pacific region, released Wednesday, said […]

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Japan’s ex-emperor Akihito recovers from seizure

Credit to Author: Global Times| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:14:19 +0000

TOKYO: Japan’s former emperor Akihito, who stepped down last year, has recovered after a brief loss of consciousness on Wednesday, a palace spokesman said. The popular Akihito stepped down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in April, following three decades as emperor, an event marking Japan’s first abdication in roughly 200 years, and his son, Naruhito, became […]

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