China Unicom's 3Q 2020 financial performance was decent with its service revenue and net profit up +5% and +11% YoY, and its IIoT business was the bright spot. ( read original story ...)
How the Dream of Hong Kong Democracy Was Dimmed
A look at key moments in the showdown between pro-democratic forces and the Beijing-backed authorities who have clamped down on Hong Kong’s freedoms. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Accused of Failing to Protect Medical Rights of Southeast Asian Workers
A coalition held a protest outside Taiwan’s disease control center after several migrant workers said they were illegally terminated after getting sick. ( read original story ...)
Qatar ‘most affected’ Arab country by air pollution: report
Qatar has been named as one of the countries with the highest amount of air pollution, according to the State of Global Air 2020 Report by the Health Effects Institute. ( read original story ...)
Biden becomes first Democrat to win Georgia since 1992, CBS News projects
Biden's 14,000-vote margin was narrow enough to trigger a recount but it's not expected to change the outcome. ( read original story ...)
Georgia’s ballot ‘audit’ is now underway. Is it actually a recount?
Georgia election workers begin tallying, by hand, nearly 5 million ballots that were cast in the state in the Nov. 3 presidential election. ( read original story ...)
How Georgia Flipped Blue for Biden
But 2020 is a bad year for conventional political wisdom, and Georgia is the big prize of the election: Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to win the state after the conclusion of a statewide ... ( read original story ...)
Biden defeats Trump in Georgia, turning the Southern GOP stronghold blue
Georgia has long been a reliably red Southern state. Biden becomes the first Democratic presidential candidate to win it since 1992. ( read original story ...)
Oman opens land borders for citizens, residents
Oman has reopened its land borders with neighboring countries to citizens and residents traveling to or from the sultanate, the Ministry of Health said Thursday, some eight months after the borders ... ( read original story ...)
Inside Singapore’s first ‘cruise to nowhere,’ where vacation-starved guests took turns using the pool and carried contact tracing devices everywhere they went
Dream Cruises just had its first "cruise to nowhere," a voyage that started and ended in Singapore, with no stops in between.It was the first cruise ship voyage in the country since the no-sail order ... ( read original story ...)