South Korea is extending a helping hand to foreign veterans of the 1950-53 Korean War with planned shipments of face masks. ( read original story ...)
How South Korea managed to flatten the COVID-19 curve
South Korean police officers wearing masks walk in front of the Deoksu palace in downtown Seoul. (Lee Jin-Man/The Associated Press) South Korea's first line of defence against COVID-19 now is at the ... ( read original story ...)
Empty Beaches from COVID-19 Lockdown Leads to Huge Spike in Sea Turtle Nests in Florida and Thailand
The absence of beachgoers offers turtles the chance to hatch without disturbance, while a lack of activity in the water enables adult turtles to mate closer to the shoreline. ( read original story ...)
Thailand sees record sea turtle numbers as tourists keep away
A record number of baby leatherback sea turtles have hatched in Thailand after the coronavirus pandemic kept tourists away from the country's southern Phang Nga province, which is famous for its ... ( read original story ...)
Wearing face masks, Syria’s Assad and Iran’s Zarif condemn West at Damascus meeting
Syrianian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javid Zarif wore face masks on Monday for their meeting in Damascus where they said the West was exploiting the coronavirus pandemic for political ends, state media ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. pressure on Iran during coronavirus outbreak is ‘inhumane’: Rouhani
U.S. President Donald Trump reimposed economic sanctions on Iran in 2018 after withdrawing from a multilateral nuclear deal struck three years earlier. "In these difficult conditi ... ( read original story ...)
Iran, Syria call for lifting sanctions during pandemic
Syria's state-run news agency says Iran’s foreign minister has called on the U.S. to lift sanctions imposed on Syria and Iran during a meeting with President Bashar Assad ... ( read original story ...)
Iran opens up shopping centres despite having region’s worst COVID-19 death toll
A woman has her temperature checked and her hands disinfected to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as she enters the Kourosh Shopping Center in Tehran. Iran's parliament released a report ... ( read original story ...)
Zarif hits out at US’s refusal to lift sanctions on Iran, Syria
20 Apr 2020 16:13 GMT A photo released by the presidency showed the visiting foreign minister and Syrian president sitting opposite each other, both in face masks [Reuters] Iran's foreign minister has ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus puts missile showdown between Turkey and U.S. on hold
Turkey’s plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak but it does not intend to reverse a decision which has raised the threat of U.S. ( read original story ...)