With a capacity to test only 2,000 people per day, Afghan health authorities are receiving between 10,000 and 20,000 samples each day. ( read original story ...)
South Korea vaunts COVID-19 know-how amid new outbreaks
South Koreans wearing masks lounge in a rest area in the Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul under a public health banner. Many of the district's stores were closed on Wednesday morning. Photo by ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s contact tracing could be America’s future
Kelly Cobiella gives an inside look at how South Korea is implementing "disease detectives" for contact tracing. ( read original story ...)
South Korea jumps nearly 3% as optimism over reopening economies buoys investor sentiment in Asia
Stocks in Asia largely rose on Wednesday, with optimism over the reopening of economies as authorities ease coronavirus-induced lockdown measures continuing to keep investor sentiment afloat. ( read original story ...)
Krabi, 2562 — a dreamily abstract film set in Thailand
In the ongoing absence of global tourism, an alternative might come with Krabi, 2562, a dreamily abstract travelogue co-directed by Thai film-maker Anocha Suwichakornpong and British avant-gardist Ben ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey to expand oil and gas exploration in disputed waters
Turkey vowed to defend its interests in the eastern Mediterranean, where it's preparing to issue new energy exploration licenses over the objections of Greece and the European Union. President Recep ... ( read original story ...)
Spike Lee takes on Vietnam and the turmoil of the Trump era in Netflix’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’
In his new Netflix film 'Da 5 Bloods,' Spike Lee serves up a timely look at the ways America's racial wounds have continued to fester. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Yomiuri Giants call off preseason baseball game after two positive coronavirus tests
The Yomiuri Giants, a Tokyo-based pro baseball team, called off a preseason game following news that two players tested positive for coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
New virus cases hit pro sports as Japan tries to rebound
Tokyo's favorite pro baseball team scuttles practice games 1 day after resuming; soccer club's training grinds to a halt and sumo stays side-lined. ( read original story ...)
Japan has no position yet on Trump’s plan to expand G7 summit
Japan has not yet established its position on a U.S. proposal for adding countries to the Group of Seven summit to be held later this year, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)