Amid the c pandemic, the example of South Korea may be the way forward for many other regions globally. The country relied on its experience fighting a different c five years ago to combat COVID-19.
South Korea proposes ‘digital New Deal’ amid recession woes
South Korea is proposing a “digital New Deal” as part of a coronavirus stimulus package that will further develop online platforms while generating new jobs amid global economic uncertainty.
Iran Responds to Donald Trump’s Navy Threat, Warns It Will ‘Defend Its Territory’
In the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic when all attentions worldwide is to combat this menace, the question is what the U.S. military is doing in Persian Gulf waters, 7,000 miles from home,” an …
Bennie G. Adkins, 86, Dies; Honored for Vietnam Heroics
He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014 for bravery in battle and aided veterans in his later years. He died of the new coronavirus.
Bangladesh virus hospitals accused of rejecting slum dwellers
Two Bangladesh hospitals dedicated to fighting the coronavirus are refusing to treat patients from one of the country’s worst slums, an activist said Wednesday. Members of the Bihari community — desc …
India presidential palace isolates 500 over virus scare, Pakistan’s Khan to be tested
About 500 people entered self-isolation at India’ on Tuesday after a worker’s relative tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest alarm close to public figures as the pandemic spreads through …
Trump and Pakistan’s Khan Discuss Coordination Against COVID-19
The two also discussed the U.S.-led effort to bring peace to Afghanistan, Khan’s office said in a statement distributed by the Pakistani embassy. Trump and Khan spoke by telephone following talks last …
Indonesia Extends Partial Lockdown in Capital to Curb Virus
Indonesia extended stringent social distancing rules in Jakarta, home to more than 10 million people, as the capital region continued to remain the epicenter of infections in the Southeast Asian …
Coronavirus: The controversy over ‘India’s first virus fatality’
It is the last day of February. Siddiqui has just returned to India after a month-long stay with his younger son, who works as a dentist in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The 76-year-old Islamic scholar and …
US blames China for delayed virus response, but pulls funding from World Health Organization
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Chinese government of delaying notification about the novel coronavirus to the World Health Organization.