Turkey’s moves to stem the lira’s plunge by unwinding policies that had stoked a credit binge failed to persuade investors as the currency extended declines to a record low. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam reports 37 new COVID-19 cases, total at 784
Vietnam's health ministry on Friday reported 37 new coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the country's total tally to 784 infections, with 10 deaths. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam PM says risk of widespread COVID-19 infection ‘very high’
The risk of COVID-19 spreading widely in Vietnam is "very high", its prime minister said on Friday, after a new outbreak in the central city of Danang late last month ended a three month run of no new ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam’s proptech startups favored by investors despite Covid-19
Many Vietnam’s startups have died young during Covid-19, but startups in the real estate sector, or proptech, appear to have been unhurt by the epidemic. ( read original story ...)
Watch an Exclusive Clip From a New Documentary About Maria Ressa’s Fight for Press Freedom in the Philippines
A Thousand Cuts' shows how the Filipino journalist, despised by many in her country, is revered across the globe as a living symbol of holding truth to power ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines records most coronavirus cases in eastern Asia after new surge
The Philippines on Thursday recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake neighbouring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the eastern part of ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines confirms 3,379 new coronavirus infections, 24 deaths
The Philippines' health ministry on Friday reported 3,379 additional coronavirus cases, bringing the country's total number of confirmed infections to 122,754. ( read original story ...)
Japan says in deal to purchase AstraZeneca’s COVID-10 vaccine
Japan has agreed to acquire 120 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc's experimental COVID-19 vaccine if it is successfully developed, the health minister said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Takeda to make Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
Takeda Pharmaceutical will manufacture and sell up to 250 million doses of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan every year, the two companies said on Friday. ( read original story ...)
Americans insist the atom bomb ended the war in Japan — ignoring its human cost
After five years of speaking to audiences across the country about the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the subject of my book, I can hardly tolerate another person saying to me — sometimes ... ( read original story ...)