HONG KONG -- It's been a week since a new panda pair's arrival in Hong Kong and the two chubby ones gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) were well adapting to their new life at Ocean Park Hong Kong.

The pair was currently in a 30-day quarantine period, after which they will need to acclimatize to another venue for about a month, before they meet the public in December this year at the earliest, park officials told a briefing on Thursday. (Hong Kong-Pandas)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia has evacuated 65 of its citizens from Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes in the country, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced on Friday.

According to Judha Nugraha, the ministry's citizen protection director, 25 of the evacuees have returned home, while the remainder have landed in Amman, Jordan. (Indonesia-Lebanon-Evacuate)

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TOKYO -- Shigeru Ishiba, the newly elected Japanese prime minister, gave his first policy speech to parliament on Friday, vowing to restore public trust in politics following a series of scandals and trying to reassure the public amid rising living costs.

The 67-year-old former defense minister set a goal of achieving a 1,500 yen (about 10 U.S. dollars) average minimum hourly wage across the nation by the end of the 2020s, earlier than the previous government's target. It currently stands at 1,055 yen. (Japan-PM-Policy Speech) Enditem

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