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This undated aerial photo shows a view of the ancient city of Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province. (Xinhua)

TAIYUAN, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- China issued a set of special stamps featuring the ancient city of Pingyao in north China's Shanxi Province, to mark the 26th anniversary of the ancient city's inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The set of three stamps and a miniature sheet displays overall scenes and representative architecture of the ancient city.

The selling price of the whole set is 9 yuan (about 1.27 U.S. dollars).

With a history of over 2,700 years, Pingyao is famous for its well-preserved ancient architecture. It was named a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1997.

Feng Yuquan, an official with Pingyao County, where the ancient city is located, expressed his hope that the stamps would further boost the popularity of the ancient city. ■

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MRAMOR, Kosovo, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Workers at a bear sanctuary in Pristina are working hard to look after a lion that wants to play in the snow and bears who were removed from their natural habitat when they were cubs and also enjoy the snowy conditions because they do not hibernate any more.

As the winter's first snowfall blanketed Pristina Bear Sanctuary in the Kosovan capital, visitors enjoyed the sight of a lion playing before quickly taking shelter indoors where a heater was installed to fend off temperatures which fell below freezing.

"We know that this is not their perfect environment to survive but we have created a nice place for the winter and we have installed a heater that helps him a lot because big cats need much warmer temperatures," Albana Hoti, head of animal and facilities management at the sanctuary, told Reuters.

The lion, named Gjon, was rescued last year from a local restaurant where it was kept to amuse clients. It is expected to be transported to South Africa once legal hurdles are overcome.

The sanctuary, home to 20 brown bears, is managed by Four Paws International, a non-profit dedicated to animal welfare. The bears have a similar story to Gjon's, in that they were caged in local restaurants - having been removed from local forests - before being rescued.

"Four or five of our bears do not go on a full hibernation because they never experienced their wild life and this is all what they can do, they hibernate a little bit and then again they go out."

Hoti said 16 of the sanctuary's other bears do go into full hibernation.

Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; Editing by David Holmes

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Five Palestinians were shot dead in Jenin, while a sixth was killed in the village of Yatma in Nablus on Sunday.

An Israeli soldier aims a weapon in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]

Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians, including one minor, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, taking the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank to 239 since October 7.

Israeli forces shot dead five Palestinians in the city of Jenin late on Saturday and early Sunday, and killed a sixth in the village of Yatma, near Nablus, the ministry said on Sunday. Six other Palestinians were injured in the Israeli raid in Jenin.

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Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli forces stormed Jenin "from several directions, firing bullets and surrounding government hospitals and the headquarters of the Red Crescent Society".

The Israeli military spokesperson's office said it was looking into the reports.

The raids come despite an ongoing four-day truce between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in the war-torn Gaza Strip, where nearly 15,000 Palestinians, including more than 6,000 children, have been killed in Israeli strikes.

Israeli officials said 1,200 people were killed in the surprise Hamas attack on October 7, when the Palestinian group took about 240 people captive.

On Saturday, Hamas released 13 Israeli and four Thai captives, while Israel released a first batch of 39 Palestinian prisoners in exchange. More Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners are expected to be freed on Sunday.

Since October 7, Israeli forces have killed at least 237 Palestinians, including 52 children, in the occupied West Bank, while arresting more than 3,000 people, as it intensified raids in the West Bank since launching its military offensive on Gaza.

Last year was the "deadliest" for the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since 2006, according to the United Nations. Israeli forces had killed 170 Palestinians in those areas in 2022. This year, Israeli forces and settlers have killed at least 371 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

"For every Palestinian prisoner [the Israelis] release, there seems to be a continued disregard for the freedoms of Palestinians they continue to detain, a continuous disregard for Palestinian life as they continue to kill people in very violent and endless raids in the occupied West Bank," said Al Jazeera correspondent Zein Basravi, reporting from Ramallah in the West Bank.

Seven weeks of relentless Israeli attacks in Gaza killed at least 14,854 Palestinians, more than a third of them children, and displaced at least 1.5 million, according to Gaza officials.

Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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Investigation continues after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the US side of a bridge connecting the two countries at Niagara Falls.

A view of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing into the United States in Niagara Falls, Canada, where a car exploded on November 22 [File: Usman Khan/AFP]

The two people killed when their luxury car crashed into a border checkpoint in Niagara Falls and exploded in a fiery wreck have been identified as a New York husband and wife, police said.

The couple's 2022 Bentley Flying Spur slammed into a row of security booths at the Rainbow Bridge and burst into flames on Wednesday.

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The investigation into what caused them to race through an intersection, hit a low median and become airborne continued, with investigators looking at whether medical or mechanical issues may have contributed, Niagara Falls Police Chief John Faso told local media on Friday.

Police identified the couple as Kurt P Villani and Monica Villani, both 53, of Grand Island, a suburb on the Niagara River between Buffalo and Niagara Falls.

Online business records and the company website indicate the victims' family owns a lumber business and several hardware stores in the Buffalo area.

Records show they are the owner of Gui's Lumber and seven Ace Hardware locations in western New York, operating the business since the mid-1980s.

"We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all that extended prayers, condolences and well wishes," the families and the lumber company said in a joint statement released by the Erie County Sheriff's Office on Friday.

"At this point, we are requesting privacy so we may begin the process of healing."

Investigation continues

The wreck prompted widespread concern on both sides of the border, as video and images of what appeared to be the aftermath of an explosion began to circulate online and officials closed the bridge and three other nearby crossings.

Authorities investigated for several hours before the FBI's Buffalo office said it found no signs of a terror attack and turned the case over to local police as a traffic investigation.

The president of the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce said on Friday that the couple's support for their community was well known.

"They gave from their heart, so they didn't make a big deal about it," Eric Fiebelkorn said.

The eldest Villani died last year, leaving a void in the close-knit business community that has now grown with the loss of the son, Fiebelkorn said.

The Niagara Falls Police Department has said the crash investigation will take time given the complexity.

About 6,000 vehicles cross the Rainbow Bridge each day, according to the US Federal Highway Administration's National Bridge Inventory. The short, steel bridge offers scenic views of Niagara Falls.

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Rescue workers have been drilling through tonnes of collapsed rock to reach a crew of 41 men trapped in a tunnel in the Himalayas for the past two weeks.

The men have been stuck in the 4.5-kilometre tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on November 12 and are safe, authorities have said, with access to light, oxygen, food, water and medicine.

They are hopeful the men will be reached soon.

Why did the tunnel collapse?

The region where the highway tunnel is under construction is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods.

Between 50 and 60 tunnellers were on the overnight shift when a landslide hit the area early on November 12, according to officials at the time.

The tunnel they were building collapsed about 200 meters from the entrance.

Workers near the opening managed to make it out.

Most of the crew were trapped inside a 2km stretch of the tunnel, which is 13m wide and 15m high.

Environmentalists and residents have blamed the rapid construction of major projects, like the tunnel, for land subsidence incidents in the region.

Australian Arnold Dix, a professor of engineering and the president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, is helping to lead the rescue efforts.

He described the situation to the ABC's The World program.

"Thousands of tonnes of rock have fallen in part of the tunnel and essentially created a tomb," Professor Dix said.

Fortunately, they have been able to receive essentials to help them survive while they wait for rescue crews to reach them.

What are conditions like for the men?

The first thing rescuers did was burrow a pipe 12 centimetres in diameter down to the trapped men.

It enabled communication with the men, and for dry food to be sent to them.

Initially, they were given nuts, puffed rice, chickpeas and other dry food items.

District chief medical officer RCS Panwar said three of them had complained of dysentery.

They were otherwise safe and warm, and had access to light, authorities said.

The men were given water and medicines via the pipe, which Professor Dix described as a "lifeline".

Oxygen has been supplied to them through a separate pipe.

A few days later, following a couple of unsuccessful attempts, another larger pipe was run down through about 60m of collapsed rock to the workers.

After more than a week in the tunnel surviving on dry food, the men were finally able to receive hot meals of rice and lentils along with some fresh fruit.

Toiletries and clothing have also been pushed through.

A camera was sent through the pipe, showing the workers in their construction hats moving around the blocked tunnel while communicating with rescuers on the ground through walkie-talkies.

The trapped tunnellers have also been able to speak with their families, some of whom have been camped near the base of rescue operations near the entrance.

Why has the rescue taken almost two weeks?

Attempts to drill through the 60m of debris of rock, stones and metal have been slowed by snags.

Initially, officials had hoped to start bringing the workers out on Thursday.

While that was pushed back, it's expected the drill will break through imminently.

Rescuers have been trying to reach the men by drilling towards them from each end of the tunnel and also by boring down 103m from above, as well as from the sides.

But it has taken time, due to the instability of the area and safety concerns for the trapped men.

There's also been problems with the equipment.

As rescuers attempted to dig horizontally toward the trapped workers a few days ago, the drilling machine broke down.

Its high-intensity vibrations also caused more debris to fall, prompting officials to suspend rescue efforts briefly.

"There's a risk it's going to collapse again," Professor Dix explained.

Drilling was also interrupted on Wednesday night when the boring machine hit a metal girder, damaging its blades.

It took the rescue crew six hours to cut through and clear the obstacle, officials said.

Once efforts resumed, rescuers continued until only about 12m more needed to be excavated to reach the men.

But during that final phase of digging, more problems hit.

The platform of the drilling machine was destabilised while piercing rock debris, and technicians need to fix it before the rescue operation can resume, a spokesperson for the Uttarakhand state government said.

"Since the trapped workers on the other side of the rubble are safe and fit, not rushing has enormous value because if we rush in a situation like this, we might create problems we cannot imagine," Professor Dix said.

Large boulders, stones and metal girders possibly packed in the final section of debris to be cleared could also further slow efforts.

How will the men get out?

Once enough debris has been cleared to reach the men, a small evacuation tunnel will be created.

Rescue teams have been inserting and welding together pipes to allow members of the National Disaster Response Force to crawl inside and retrieve those trapped one by one.

"Most likely on stretchers which have been fitted with wheels," a spokesperson for the Uttarakhand state government said.

About 46m of pipes have been installed already, according to the spokesperson.

Welding together the evacuation pipe has so far needed more time than drilling, authorities said.

Once the men have been extracted, they will be examined by medical personnel.

Ambulances and a team of 15 doctors have been sent to the site.

There's a hospital about 30km away, and a route for the ambulances has already been cleared.
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Almost 8,000 people were harmed and 112 died last year as a direct result of enduring long waits for an ambulance or surgery, prompting warnings that NHS care delays are "a disaster".

The fatalities included a man who died of a cardiac arrest after waiting 18 minutes for his 999 call to be answered by the ambulance service and was dead by the time the crew arrived.

The figures are the first time NHS England has disclosed how often doctors and nurses file a patient safety report after someone suffers harm while waiting for help.

They show that patient deaths arising directly from care delays have risen more than five-fold over the last three years, from 21 in 2019 to 112 last year, as the NHS has come under huge strain. The number of people who came to "severe harm" has also jumped from 96 to 152 during that period.

The overall number of people suffering some degree of harm in such circumstances has leapt from 3,979 in 2019 to 7,856 in 2022, a rise of 97%.

"These data are alarming and show quite clearly the human impact the crisis in the NHS is having on individual patients," said Rachel Power, the chief executive of the Patients Association. "We have been watching a disaster unfolding across the NHS and have repeatedly warned about the threat to patient safety because of it."

Trusts are reducing the amount of planned surgery they perform after the government's refusal to providea £1bn bailout to help cover the cost of staff strikes. Power said this would "translate into even more patients waiting for care and potentially coming to harm".

A total of 471 patients waiting for adult mental health care suffered harm as a result of delays last year, more than in any other specialism. The next highest numbers were in care involving childbirth with 253, eye problems 221and trauma and general surgery 207.

NHS England gave the Guardian anonymous details of 30 of last year's deaths. One entry explained: "Long delay in call answer on critical call. Original call into [an unnamed ambulance service] 18 minutes prior to first related call answered. Call coded as cardiac arrest once answered and patient deceased on scene."

Someone suffering a cardiac arrest is meant to be attended by an ambulance crew within seven minutes of the call being made, because their life is at risk. Several other deaths involved ambulance services "stacking" 999 calls, in which people are left on hold because they do not have the resources to answer them quickly.

In another case, a patient who was starting chemotherapy for follicular lymphoma was also diagnosed with hepatitis B. They were initially treated but were then not seen in the hepatitis clinic and did not receive a further dose of a drug called tenofovir. The patient then developed fulminant hepatitis B and died.

The figures are taken from the NHS's national reporting and learning system (NRLS), a database in which staff make an entry if they believe that a patient has had poor care.

The Guardian obtained the statistics through a freedom of information (FoI) request to NHS England, which only released the data after the information commissioner intervened. It should have released the figures after a month, but took five to do so.

Healthwatch, the statutory patient champion, said patients facing long delays for care can feel forgotten.

"We know that delays to care have significant impacts on people's lives, putting many in danger. People told us about being removed from waiting lists, sometimes without being told why, or without being told at all", said Louise Ansari, the watchdog's chief executive.

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Paul Whiteing, the chief executive of Action against Medical Accidents, a patient safety charity, said: "The significant increase in these reported incidents of patient harm and death are shocking ... Sadly they accord with what we are hearing daily from patients who contact us to tell us of their harrowing problems."

Adam Sampson, the cheif executive of the Association of Optometrists, said: "We're facing a health emergency where more people than ever are waiting longer than ever for sight-saving treatment.

"It's incomprehensible and absolutely tragic that patients are experiencing delays to such an extent that they suffer further sight loss that is both avoidable and irreversible."

NHS England's figures are almost certainly a significant underestimate of the problem. A&E doctors have estimated that as many as 500 people a week may be dying because of delays in getting an ambulance, receiving A&E care or starting specialist treatment.

Ambulance service bosses calculated that 6,000 people were exposed to "severe harm" in December 2022 alone, and the British Heart Foundation previously warned of the threat to life delays pose.

A health service spokesperson said: "NHS staff worked extremely hard to keep patients safe during one of the busiest winters on record last year, and while delays linked to serious harm are rare, when they do happen, trusts are required to investigate them and understand what has happened so they can take effective steps to further improve.

"To meet the continued record demand the NHS has prepared earlier than ever before for this winter, rolling out 800 new ambulances and 10,000 virtual ward beds, while waiting times for ambulances, 999 calls and in A&E have improved across the country during this financial year."

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Malaysia will grant visa-free entry to citizens of China and India for stays of up to 30 days starting on Dec. 1, according to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Anwar made the announcement late on Sunday during a speech at his People's Justice Party congress and did not say for how long the visa exemption would be applicable.

China and India are Malaysia's fourth and fifth-largest source markets respectively.

According to government data, Malaysia recorded 9.16 million tourist arrivals between January and June this year, with 498,540 from China and 283,885 from India. That compared to 1.5 million arrivals from China and 354,486 from India in the same period of 2019, prior to the pandemic.

The move follows similar measures implemented by neighbouring Thailand to boost its vital tourism sector and stimulate its sluggish economy, with Chinese and Indian nationals among those exempted this year.

Currently, Chinese and Indian nationals must apply for visas to enter Malaysia.

Reporting by Danial Azhar; Editing by Martin Petty

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Red Cross vehicles reportedly carrying hostages released by Hamas driving towards the Rafah border point with Egypt ahead of their transfer to Israel [AFPTV/AFP]

Hamas has handed over 13 Israeli captives and four Thai nationals to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) after a delay of seven hours as the group claimed that Israel had violated the terms of a truce.

The impasse was resolved following mediation by Qatar and Egypt on Saturday, the second day of the pause in hostilities in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

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Israel released a second batch of 39 Palestinians - six women and 33 children - from two prisons, the Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Saturday.

A third phase of the exchange of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners under the truce deal is expected later on Sunday.

Ghazi Hamad, member of Hamas's political bureau, told Al Jazeera that his group was committed to the four-day truce agreement and is willing to release all captives in exchange for the release of all Palestinian prisoners.

Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson for Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a post on X that 13 Israelis and four foreign nationals had been handed over to the ICRC. They were on their way to the Rafah border crossing between southern Gaza and Egypt before travelling to Israel.

The 17 captives had arrived in Israel, the Israeli Army posted on X.

"After undergoing an initial medical assessment, they will continue to be accompanied by IDF [Israeli Army] soldiers as they make their way to Israeli hospitals, where they will be reunited with their families," it said.

Al Jazeera's Hamdah Salhut, reporting from occupied East Jerusalem, said that the 17 released were "taken to an airbase in southern Israel for an initial check where they will then be flown to several different hospitals throughout the Tel Aviv area for additional medical and psychological checks".

The Israeli captives included six adult women and seven children and teenagers, according to a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office. The hostages were released after spending 50 days in captivity, it said.

Delay in handover

Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan had said earlier that the aid deliveries permitted by Israel had fallen short of what had been promised and were not reaching northern Gaza, which was the target of Israel's offensive.

Only 65 of 340 aid trucks that had entered Gaza since Friday had reached northern Gaza, which was "less than half of what Israel agreed on", Hamdan said from Beirut.

Israel has said 50 trucks with food, water, shelter equipment and medical supplies had deployed to northern Gaza under United Nations supervision, the first significant aid delivery there since the start of the war seven weeks ago.

The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, earlier said Israel had failed to respect the terms of the Palestinian prisoner release.

Qadura Fares, the Palestinian commissioner for prisoners, said Israel had not released detainees by seniority, as was expected.

The row over the second swap of captives for prisoners quashed hopes after 13 Israeli women and children were freed by Hamas on Friday. Ten Thai nationals and one citizen from the Philippines were freed as part of a separate agreement, and 39 Palestinian women and children were released from Israeli jails.

Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the government was committed to complying with the truce agreement with Hamas but that there were many parties and factors involved. "And every day brings with it its complexities," he added.

On Sunday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian farmer in Gaza's Maghazi refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent said, amid concerns of truce violations by Israel.

A large number of displaced people were trying to return home across Gaza as the four-day truce brokered by Qatar took effect on Friday. However, Israel has warned people that they will not be allowed to enter the north of the war-torn enclave.

'Joy is resistance too'

Some of the Palestinians arrived at Al-Bireh Municipality Square in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where thousands of citizens awaited them, a Reuters journalist said.

Al Jazeera's Nida Ibrahim, reporting from the occupied West Bank, said Israeli drones dropped tear gas on the Palestinians gathered outside the Ofer prison in Beitunia.

Safaa Merie, who was among hundreds of people who gathered to receive the prisoners in Beitunia, told Al Jazeera she was waiting for a 14-year-old boy on behalf of his family members from Jenin, a city in the north of the occupied West Bank.

"Because of the military checkpoints by the Israelis, it's very difficult to come here, almost impossible," she told Al Jazeera.

"I don't know him but we are all here to welcome all the prisoners."

Manal Tamimi told Al Jazeera in el-Bireh, also in the occupied West Bank, that she was waiting for her teenage nephew Wisam to be released after seven months.

"Our brothers and sisters in Gaza - our hearts are bleeding for them," she said.

"But we believe that joy is resistance too and [we should not] let the occupier break us, break our happiness."

Truce extension?

Before the snag in the latest hostages-to-prisoners exchange, Egypt, which controls the Rafah border crossing through which aid supplies have resumed into southern Gaza, said it had received "positive signals" from all parties over a possible extension to the pause in fighting.

Diaa Rashwan, the head of Egypt's State Information Service (SIS), said in a statement that Cairo was holding extensive talks with all parties to reach an agreement that would mean "the release of more detainees in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails".

Israel has said the truce could be extended if Hamas continues to release hostages at a rate of at least 10 per day. A Palestinian source has said up to 100 hostages could go free.

For now, 50 of about 240 hostages are to be exchanged for 150 Palestinian prisoners over four days under the truce, the first halt in fighting since Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people.

Israel has pledged to destroy Hamas, raining bombs and shells on the enclave and launching a ground offensive in the north. Israel's relentless bombardment has killed more than 14,800 people, roughly 40 percent of them children, Palestinian health authorities said on Saturday.

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Health authorities in China say a recent surge in respiratory illnesses in the country's north is mainly due to the influenza virus.

The National Health Commission told a news conference on Sunday that multiple other pathogens are also among the respiratory diseases reported since mid-October.

The authorities said that in addition to the flu, the rhinovirus, a common cold virus, is prevalent among children aged 1 to 4. They also said mycoplasma pneumonia, which causes such symptoms as fever and cough, is also widespread among those aged 5 to 14, while COVID-19 is among the primary illnesses for people aged 15 to 59.

Health officials are calling on people to take thorough anti-infection measures, including getting vaccinated and wearing masks.

Last Wednesday, the World Health Organization asked China for information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and clusters of child pneumonia.

The Chinese side responded that they have not detected any new or unusual pathogens.

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JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said he hoped the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas can go on as long as hostages are being released, after the militant group freed 17 more people, including a 4-year-old Israeli-American girl.

Hamas said it wanted to extend the pause in fighting, which will enter its fourth day and final agreed day on Monday, if serious efforts were made to increase the number of Palestinian detainees released by Israel.

Thirty-nine teenage Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel on Sunday, taking the total since the truce began to 117.

Hamas said it had handed over 13 Israelis, three Thais and one with Russian citizenship, and the International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed it had successfully transferred them from Gaza on Sunday.

Biden said the 4-year-old hostage, Abigail Edan, had witnessed her parents being killed by Hamas fighters during their Oct. 7 rampage into Israel and had been held since then.

"What she endured is unthinkable," Biden said at a news conference in the U.S.

Abigail was on her way to the hospital for checks, Israel's Channel 13 said. Her grandfather, Carmel Edan, told Reuters he "simply could not believe" she had been returned, thanking Biden "for all the help he's offered us."

The four-day truce agreed last week is the first halt in fighting in the seven weeks since Hamas killed 1,200 people and took about 240 hostages back into Gaza.

In response to that attack, Israel has bombarded the enclave and mounted a ground offensive in the north. Some 14,800 Palestinians have been killed, Gaza health authorities say, and hundreds of thousands displaced.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he spoke to Biden about the hostage release, adding he would welcome extending the temporary truce if it meant that on every additional day 10 captives would be freed.

However, Netanyahu said he also told Biden that, at the end of the truce, "we will return with full force to achieve our goals: The elimination of Hamas, ensuring that Gaza does not return to what it was; and of course the release of all our hostages."

'CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FREE'

Palestinians gave the freed prisoners a jubilant reception in Ramallah, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA.

Omar Abdullah Al Hajj, 17, one of the detainees released Sunday, said he'd been kept in the dark about what was happening in the outside world.

"I can't believe I'm free now but my joy is incomplete because we still have our brothers who remain in prison, and then there is all the news about Gaza that I am having to learn about now," he told Reuters.

The latest three Thai hostages released were in good health, Thailand's prime minister said. Efforts to free the remaining 15 Thais held would continue, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Sunday's hostage release follows the liberation of 13 Israelis and four foreigners on Saturday. Hamas released 24 hostages on Friday, the first day of the truce. A Palestinian source has said up to 100 hostages could ultimately go free.

Qatar, Egypt and the United States are pressing for the truce to be extended but it is not clear whether that will happen.

Clashes and recriminations have threatened to torpedo the existing deal.

The killing of a Palestinian farmer in the central Gaza Strip had earlier added to those concerns. The farmer was killed when targeted by Israeli forces east of Gaza's Maghazi refugee camp, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.

Violence has also flared in the West Bank, where Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians, including two minors and at least one gunman, late on Saturday and early Sunday, medics and local sources said.

IMMENSE RELIEF

The deal survived an earlier threat when Hamas' armed wing said on Saturday it was delaying hostage releases until Israel met all truce conditions, including committing to let aid trucks into northern Gaza.

Qatari diplomats are now on site in Gaza to supervise the entry and delivery of their country's aid, Qatar's Foreign Ministry said.

A U.N. official who took part in a humanitarian convoy to northern Gaza said on Sunday aid groups were on track to deliver the biggest shipment in over a month, describing thin, gaunt residents slaking their thirst as soon as water arrived.

"People are so desperate and you can see in adults' eyes they haven't eaten," the U.N. children's agency's James Elder told Reuters by video link from southern Gaza after returning from Gaza City.

Even as the aid deliveries flowed north, Elder said he saw hundreds of Gazans heading in the other direction, fearing the renewal of Israeli bombardments if the four-day truce is not prolonged.

"People are so terrified that this pause won't be continued," he said.

Reporting by Reuters bureaus; Writing by Raphael Satter and Lincoln Feast; Editing by Diane Craft and Raju Gopalakrishnan

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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A group of Chinese tourists are led by a tour guide upon arrival at Suvarnabhumi airport. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The pandemic has made every country realise their economies cannot thrive with closed borders.

Passengers from Shanghai, China upon arrival at Suvarnabhumi Airport. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Freedom to travel is the key to fuelling economic growth and accelerating the post-pandemic recovery as tourism and trade activities can increase without border restrictions.

China's three-year border shutdown offered an example of the impact on the world's largest tourism market, as Thailand still struggles to attract travellers from the mainland.

Many governments are working to increase tourism competitiveness, offering incentives to lure foreign visitors and develop air travel routes.

Key initiatives include visa policies and digitalisation of the pre-travel process, in line with border controls.

LURING LARGE POPULATIONS

Attracting visitors from China and India, the two most populous countries in the world, has become a key agenda for Thailand and many other countries.

Last year, Kazakhstan offered a visa-free scheme to visitors from China, India and Iran. This year, China implemented a reciprocal policy by granting visa exemptions for people from Kazakhstan, enabling visitors from both countries to travel freely for 30 days per trip.

With a mutual agreement signed in 2022, travellers from the Maldives and China can visit each destination without a visa from early 2023, while India already received this privilege from the island chain.

Sri Lanka last month granted temporary visa-free travel to seven countries: China, India, Russia, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

Vietnam is considering allowing visa-free entry for Indian travellers, while the South African tourism minister is seeking to waive or ease visas for visitors from both China and India.

For Thailand, the government offers a visa exemption on a temporary basis for four countries -- China, India, Kazakhstan and Taiwan -- with a 30-day stay per entry.

According to online travel agent Agoda, searches for Thailand among Indian and Taiwanese travellers increased by 26% during the 10 days after the visa-free policy started.

The tourist visa normally costs around 1,000 baht, and visa on arrival costs 2,000 baht.

At present, 61 countries and territories are eligible to visit Thailand without a visa, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

CREATING MOMENTUM

The main question for officials is whether these measures really help to increase tourism revenue.

Adith Chairattananon, honorary secretary-general of the Association of Thai Travel Agents, said the visa exemptions will definitely create travel momentum through next year, helping to convince tourists they are welcome here.

Tourists admire the sights along the Chao Phraya River on board a boat near Rajinee Pier in the Pak Klong Talad neighbourhood. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

Mr Adith said sluggish Chinese arrival totals this year is not the result of competitors offering similar incentives, but rather the Thai tourism industry having a negative or unsafe image among potential travellers on the mainland, in addition to an economic slump.

Chinese bookings from both independent travellers and tour groups have gradually improved in the latter part of this year, he said.

Mr Adith said the visa exemptions help tourists save on costs, especially for price-sensitive markets like Indian tour groups, who often choose Thailand over Turkey or Azerbaijan.

"The government should extend the visa-free scheme until the end of 2024," said Santisuk Klongchaiya, chief executive of Thai AirAsia.

He said the policy has stimulated air travel through the first quarter of next year.

India and South Asia have been among the strongest performing routes since the beginning of this year, with flight capacity rising to 96% of the 2019 level in the third quarter of 2023, said Mr Santisuk.

For routes to China, the number of flights was 71 per week in the third quarter, a recovery of only 37% as Chinese tourists are more likely to travel domestically, he said.

During the first 10 months of this year, data from online travel platform Trip.com showed flight bookings for Thailand-China routes soared 42.2% from the same period in 2019.

The Chinese government plans to beef up its inbound market by simplifying the visa application process for tourists from several countries, in addition to removing its requirement for an Entry Health Declaration Card, the latter of which helped to increase bookings by Thailand-based travellers to China by 102%, according to Trip.com.

EXTENDING STAYS

Extending the period of stay can also accelerate tourism expenditure. In Southeast Asia, Malaysia extended the period of stay for Hong Kong nationals to 90 days from June, up from 30 days, while Vietnam extended e-visa stays to 90 days and revised visa-free stays to 45 days from 15 days for some nations.

Costa Rica allowed Group One tourists, such as from the US and Canada, to stay up to 180 days, from 90 days.

For Thailand, the government recently allowed Russians to stay up to 90 days without a visa, increasing from 30 days.

The Tourism Association of Koh Samui estimates this policy will potentially attract long-stay guests and remote workers to Thailand's beach destinations.

The Thai government is also considering extending visa-free stays from 30 days for some countries in the near future.

The Thai Hotels Association said the extensions might only benefit long-haul travellers who typically stay here for weeks or months in the cool season. However, short-haul markets might not extend their stays because their travel behaviour tends towards short but frequent trips, said the group.

Omri Morgenshtern, chief executive of Agoda, said tourists who stay longer tend to explore lesser-known parts of the market, rather than key tourist destinations. As a result, it provides opportunities for smaller independent properties in the provinces to campaign and capture more tourists, he said.

POWERFUL PASSPORT

The Pheu Thai Party pledged to increase Thailand's passport power, which allows Thais to visit more destinations without a visa.

Thailand is ranked 64th in the Henley Passport Index, alongside Belarus and Lesotho, scoring 79.

Singapore secured the top spot as the world's most powerful passport with a score of 192.

If travellers can visit a destination without a visa, or can apply for visa on arrival, an electronic travel authorisation or a visitor's permit upon entry, a score is given to their passport.

If a traditional visa, a government-approved e-visa, or a pre-departure approval for a visa on arrival is required, the passport earns no score.

Indian travellers have increased after the visa-free policy started. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

Agoda data revealed the top five outbound markets for Thai travellers through Nov 14 were visa-free destinations: Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Chotechuang Soorangura, vice-president of the Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA), said destinations that offer visa waivers for Thais have an advantage in attracting new tourists and repeat visitors than destinations that still require visas, such as Europe.

As some Thai travellers choose their destinations based on their desires without visa considerations, he said TTAA previously asked European embassies about possibly waiving the Schengen travel visa for Thai visitors before the pandemic.

Roughly 1.5 million Thais visited European countries in 2019.

However, those proposals were not successful, and outbound trips to Europe have slowed as airfares remain high after borders were reopened.

SEAMLESS TRAVEL

About two-thirds of the world's population need to obtain a traditional visa prior to departure, said Nick Careen, senior vice-president for operations, safety and security at the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Speaking at the Annual General Meeting & World Air Transport Summit earlier this year, Mr Careen said IATA is calling for the simplification of entry requirements and pre-travel verification.

Many good examples of simplification have occurred in recent decades. South Korea added China to its visa waiver programme for Jeju Island in 2008 and Chinese arrivals rose by 64.5% in 2009 from the 2005 level.

Offering visas on arrival for 11 nationalities travelling to India in 2010 helped increase visitors from these markets by 10.6%, he said.

Chinese tourists visit Thailand.

Pre-travel verification should be facilitated by solutions such as digitalising travel documents, and utilising technologies to provide immigration, security and customs information to authorities in advance of travel, said Mr Careen.

In the long run, IATA is advocating the One ID solution to streamline passenger journeys with advanced information sharing and a contactless experience at the airport, with biometric-enabled processes.

This standard allows passengers to submit required documents to authorities ahead of travel, preventing those reported inadmissible or having inappropriate documents, he said.

Then authorities would issue a "notification of admissibility" to passengers' digital wallets as a verifiable credential, which passengers can share with airlines directly.

In turn, airlines would save time on the verification process at the airport and prevent errors from data input, while airports could utilise more space from reduced queues, according to IATA.

DIGITALISING BORDER CONTROLS

Countries are relying more on digitalising security and border controls before arrival, launching more electronic travel authorisation (ETA) and e-visa programmes.

For instance, Europe is set to implement the ETIAS programme in 2025 for passport holders eligible for a visa waiver, allowing them to pre-register before their trips.

The UK just launched its own ETA in this month, testing it with Qatari nationals.

The UK plans to roll out the scheme for other nationals from the Gulf Cooperation Council from February next year, then expand it to other markets in the future.

The same system applies for South Korea's K-ETA, well-known to many Thai travellers, as it requires passport holders from some visa-exempted nations to fill in information to improve immigration clearing.

The e-visa market is forecast to grow by 11.3% between 2021 and 2028, according to Data Bridge Market Research.

Russia introduced its first e-visa to 55 countries in August 2023, including India, Japan, Turkey, and European nations such as Switzerland.

Indian applications for Thailand's e-visa on arrival (E-VOA) surged by seven times between March 2022 and last month, said VFS Global, an outsourcing visa service.

Some 13 nations are eligible to apply for a Thai E-VOA, including Bulgaria, Bhutan and Cyprus.

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I think today there are too many "alien bodies" or "foreign things" that have infiltrated our culture, such as drinking coffee, wine, travelling abroad and taking extra classes. Various courses are available for almost every government department in order to induce people to become allies and support the organisation in some way. I remember when the 2017 constitution was being drafted, we were talking of banning all independent organisations from organising any privilege courses and prohibiting all committee members in many independent agencies from attending various courses. When you have reached this level, what else will you study? But we are not against development and life-long learning. I'm not here to teach or preach against the changing world.

I am still a contemporary person who understands the world, who wants our country to move forward based on national identity. Our youth, on average, are strong both physically and mentally. But it seems that many people view traditional culture as outdated, which must be abolished. Many see the entertainment culture and idols of other countries as superior and more praiseworthy than the abundance of good things we have. Today it has become totally contradictory or paradoxical, when we are promoting our culture to woo foreigners to come and spend time and money in our country. Oddly enough, to promote Thainess, they bring a person who looks like a foreigner to be a presenter to make people feel interested and worth following. But it is disconcerting that in order to eat and buy things that belong to Thai people, you have to use a foreigner.
Not just a traffic problem
Last Saturday I attended the wedding of a close friend and travelled on the Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, Ladprao- Din Daeng area. I needed to make a U-turn under Suthisan Winitchai Bridge to return to the Din Daeng side. It turned out that the cars were stuck together for half an hour. My first thought was my friend is famous so there are probably a lot of guests coming for the wedding, causing traffic jams. But when I was able to make a U-turn, the traffic was still bad, even in front of the NBT television station. In the past few years, I have complained about this matter to many people involved. It had been well managed while a friend of mine was in the leadership of the Territorial Defence Department at that time. He stepped in through his routine chain of command, and the next day the roads were clear. Clearly, it hurt one's feelings seeing our territorial reserves travel to the barracks in a luxury van just like when they were still in elementary school or kindergarten. On weekdays, it probably includes the long queue of international school crowd, where wealthy people send their children to study. These military territorial reserves adopted ways like when they were in school. However, when you are attending "military training or becoming a reserve force", you should behave well and refrain from "encroachment" as it is likely to inconvenience the public. This is because there are a lot of cars passing through that area where many park and wait to pick up your children. A few lanes had been closed. Cars were engaged in one-upmanship with everyone in a hurry to sneak ahead. The police in the precinct did not come to take care of them. The expectation is that since the area is under the supervision of the reserve training centre, soldiers will be there to managing the traffic flow.

If the government aims to make the country move forward by the so-called "soft power", please don't let the public lose patience and complain that "It's the reserve force of the country, however, they are too weak like babies or vulnerable." People often give examples of the Israel IDF as well as Singapore's National Guard, probably because their size and population are smaller than ours. It makes sense for them to continue conscription and train their men and women. Thus, when there is a war, the baker may become a tank driver or a fighter jet pilot.

The Minister of Defence must find a way to provide relief to road users who must pass through that area. It will be considered another precious work of his time that will be talked about. Don't let it be like the case of "Sia Paeng", the fugitive prisoner who Everyone is asking the same question: How come hundreds of troops and police are unable to capture just one person? Meanwhile, the accomplices and conspirators who allegedly allowed the fugitive's escape were all arrested. We can assume safely that there are still some good men at work in Thailand. That will be good for all of us but we still need capable people to lead and solve problems in a concrete way.

Amorn Wanichwiwatana, DPhil (Oxon), is a former member of the Constitution Drafting Commission and a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University.

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One day I was listening to an interview with a woman responsible for promoting Thailand's "soft power", or "palang lamun" as she called it. I want to say you need to consider whether it is worth the time and resources spent.

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Max Verstappen (R) said a rumoured move by Lewis Hamilton (L) to Red Bull "is not happening". (Photo: AFP)

ABU DHABI - Max Verstappen on Thursday rejected the notion, rumoured and reported in recent days, that his Red Bull team were considering approaching Lewis Hamilton to partner him in a dream line-up.

Red Bull boss Christian Horner was quoted in the British media this week claiming that Hamilton's management team has "reached out" several times, adding that "earlier this year there was an inquiry about whether there would be any interest".

But both Verstappen and Hamilton, speaking to reporters ahead of Sunday's season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit, scotched the idea that the Briton was on the move from Mercedes.

"It's not happening," said Verstappen who has already wrapped up a third successive title.

"There's no point to make up stories if it's not happening.

"I wouldn't mind, but it doesn't matter. I don't want to put it particularly on Lewis. There's so many great drivers and sometimes it just doesn't work out like that."

Hamilton also distanced himself from Horner's claims that he "reached out" before agreeing to extend his contract with Mercedes.

"I don't really know where that story has come from," said the seven-time champion.

"I know it's come from Christian but I don't really understand what he's been talking about.

"No one, as far as I'm aware, from my team has spoken to him. I haven't spoken to Christian in years."

Hamilton added that Horner had approached him earlier this season.

"I just congratulated them on an amazing year and said that 'Hopefully soon I'll be able to fight against you guys in the near future'. That was it. So I'm not really sure, I think he's just stirring things."

He admitted, however, that he would like to compete with Verstappen in equal machinery.

"Yes, 100 percent, I'd be more than happy to race against him in an equal car," he said.

"Red Bull has done an amazing job and it's an incredible team -- any driver would love to drive for such a great group of people.

"I think moving from a car that's not so great to a winning car, from my perspective, that's not the dream.

"The dream is to start where we (Mercedes) are and build up to then winning. And that's why I've stayed at Mercedes."

- 'Final push' -

Verstappen heads into Sunday's race bidding for a record-increasing 19th win in 22 races this year.

A 54th career victory would carry him beyond four-time champion Sebastian Vettel in the record books, sitting behind only Hamilton (103 wins) and Michael Schumacher (91).

It would also give him an opportunity to break Jim Clark's 40-year-old landmark record for percentage of laps led in a season.

Clark's record of 71.4 per cent of laps led has stood since 1963 but is likely to fall to Verstappen who has led 75.06 percent of this year's laps.

"Abu Dhabi always brings back good memories for me and the team," said Verstappen.

"It's been a long but successful season this time and I'm looking forward to a break and some free time.

"The team has worked incredibly hard and everyone deserves a good rest and time with their friends and families.

"So it's the last push for the year and I'm hoping to end this season on a high."

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