South Korea will extend social distancing restrictions imposed during its worst coronavirus spread for another two weeks, as new infections resurged last week and reversed a downward trend. The alert ... ( read original story ...)
South Africa Gets Pfizer Doses; U.K. Plan on Track: Virus Update
South Africa has secured 20 million doses of Pfizer Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine, the Johannesburg-based Sunday Times newspaper reported. The U.K.’s supply of vaccine is secure and its rollout plan on ... ( read original story ...)
Butterfly Effect: Trump Trial Lessons From Brazil and South Korea
A divided Congress can't convince America it places justice over politics. The courts can do an imperfect but better job. ( read original story ...)
Outcry, arrests in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags
Two students have been arrested in Turkey on charges of inciting hatred and insulting religious values for a poster depicting Islam's most sacred site with LGBT flags. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam ruling Communist Party chief Trong re-elected for 3rd term – state media
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, 76, has been re-elected for a rare third five-year term, state media reported on Sunday, cementing his position as one of the country's longest ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Stays on Same Policy Path With Party Chief’s Re-election
Vietnam’s Communist Party re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong to a rare third term as general secretary, signaling no major shifts in the nation’s economic or geopolitical direction. The party’s newly elected ... ( read original story ...)
Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam’s anti-corruption czar, crowned party chief again
Nguyen Phu Trong, re-elected as Vietnam's most powerful man on Sunday, is one of the Southeast Asian country's strongest and longest-serving leaders since founding revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. Trong, ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s Communist Party reelects chief to lead the nation
Vietnam’s Communist Party on Sunday reelected Nguyen Phu Trong to be its chief, the state Vietnam News Agency reported. His selection makes him the nation’s de facto ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Re-elects Party Leader Trong After Secretive Congress
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected Sunday -- a victory that makes him the most powerful leader in decades -- but his win was overshadowed by a serious coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam re-selects party chief, shuts Hanoi schools in COVID-19 battle
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party re-elected its 76-year-old chief Nguyen Phu Trong for a rare third five-year term on Sunday, as the Southeast Asian country battled its biggest coronavirus outbreak ... ( read original story ...)