U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States has called on China to permanently close its wildlife wet markets, citing links between those markets and zoonotic diseases.
Pompeo: We still don’t have the transparency we need from China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for a structural fix for the World Health Organization and transparency from China over the origins of the coronavirus while appearing on “The Ingraham Angle” …
How Hong Kong Flattened the Curve Without Total Lockdown
The city is seeing early signs of life returning to normal amid the coronavirus pandemic. But experts say it’s still too soon to loosen restrictions.
UN accuses China of harassing healthcare workers during Hong Kong protests
The UN has accused China of harassing, intimidating and arresting healthcare workers during the Hong Kong uprising.At the height of last year’s protests, triggered by fears that Beijing was …
Taiwan president apologises for virus infections on navy ship
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen apologised Wednesday for “major shortcomings” within the military after a cluster of coronavirus infections emerged on a navy vessel recently returned from a goodwill …
The only baseball in the world right now is in Taiwan — and they need English broadcasters
With America’s pastime shuttered, Richard Wang and Wayne McNeil have been filling the void of U.S. hits, runs and errors.
Greece, Cyprus Lash Out at Turkey for ‘Illegal’ Drilling in Eastern Mediterranean
ATHENS – Turkey has been flying F-16 fighter jets over the Libyan coast as it steps up its intervention in the country’s civil war. It also has sent a vessel to drill for oil off the coast of Cyprus, …
Cyprus: In fighting virus, politicians listened to experts
Cyprus’ president says the island nation has negotiated the coronavirus pandemic with a very low per capita death rate because its government closely followed the advice of medical experts and imposed …
‘Too soon’: Trump told Georgia governor he ‘strongly’ disagrees about reopening
President Trump said Wednesday that he disagreed with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen some businesses as early as Friday.
Trump ‘disagrees strongly’ with Georgia’s plan to reopen
President Donald Trump said he told Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that he “disagreed strongly” with Kemp’s decision to begin allowing some nonessential businesses to …