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8 Indoor Plants That Keep Your Home Pest-Free Curated By : Edited By: Last Updated:March 25, 2026, 21:30 IST Certain indoor plants possess aromatic oils and chemical compounds that act as organic deterrents, keeping pests away beautifully 1/8 ![Laven... [1]

HONG KONG -- The southern Chinese city of Foshan is racing to contain a mosquito-borne virus with home inspections, PCR tests and drones, conjuring memories of the country's zero-COVID days. [4]

TAIPEI -- As smartphones become ubiquitous in Asia, consumers are embracing inexpensive models, some priced as low as $100. [6]

TOKYO -- Japan is overhauling how its ubiquitous 24-hour mini-police stations are operated nationwide as more crime fighting moves from the streets to the web. [7]

HONG KONG -- Tencent Holdings has been asked by China's regulators to lower the mobile payment market share of its ubiquitous WeChat app, three sources briefed on the matter told Nikkei Asia. [8]

Cuba says 33 have died of dengue and chikungunya as mosquito epidemic rages Cuba fights to contain spread of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus Beyond dengue: The mosquito-borne virus that could be our next big outbreak Ho Chi Minh City begins campaign... [9]

QUITO - Ecuador’s president has announced that the country’s most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader “Fito”, had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence. [10]

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[1] MM news18.com · 2026-03-25 · 65% match

8 Indoor Plants That Keep Your Home Pest-Free

8 Indoor Plants That Keep Your Home Pest-Free Curated By : Edited By: Last Updated:March 25, 2026, 21:30 IST Certain indoor plants possess aromatic oils and chemical compounds that act as organic deterrents, keeping pests away beautifully 1/8 ![Laven

[2] MM www.straitstimes.com · 2025-10-21 · 65% match

Mosquitoes discovered in Iceland for the first time

[3] MM www.straitstimes.com · 2025-11-14 · 65% match

Cuba fights to contain spread of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-28 · 65% match

China fight with mosquito-borne virus stirs zero-COVID flashbacks

HONG KONG -- The southern Chinese city of Foshan is racing to contain a mosquito-borne virus with home inspections, PCR tests and drones, conjuring memories of the country's zero-COVID days.

[5] MM globalvoices.org · 2026-03-21 · 36% match

Ecuador’s Netanyahu and Trump supporters target Ecuadorian–Iranian Cultural Center · Global Voices

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-01-23 · 65% match

Taiwan's MediaTek riding high on the back of cheap smartphones

TAIPEI -- As smartphones become ubiquitous in Asia, consumers are embracing inexpensive models, some priced as low as $100.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-09-13 · 65% match

Japan rethinks 24/7 police boxes with rise of cybercrime

TOKYO -- Japan is overhauling how its ubiquitous 24-hour mini-police stations are operated nationwide as more crime fighting moves from the streets to the web.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-05-31 · 65% match

Beijing asks Tencent to lower WeChat's mobile payment market share

HONG KONG -- Tencent Holdings has been asked by China's regulators to lower the mobile payment market share of its ubiquitous WeChat app, three sources briefed on the matter told Nikkei Asia.

[9] MM www.straitstimes.com · 65% match

Chikungunya

Cuba says 33 have died of dengue and chikungunya as mosquito epidemic rages Cuba fights to contain spread of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus Beyond dengue: The mosquito-borne virus that could be our next big outbreak Ho Chi Minh City begins campaign

[10] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 55% match

Ecuador’s most-wanted gang leader ‘Fito’ captured

QUITO - Ecuador’s president has announced that the country’s most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader “Fito”, had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence.

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