Australia’s hot spot Victoria state recorded 81 new virus cases overnight, after warning against easing lockdown measures too quickly. The country recommitted to opening up its economy by December. ( read original story ...)
Thailand races to contact trace as coronavirus reappears
Thailand is racing ahead with contact tracing after detecting its first domestic coronavirus infection in over three months, health officials said on Friday, with tests conducted on nearly 200 people ... ( read original story ...)
Greek PM tells Turkey to end ‘provocations’ for dialogue to begin
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday Greece would start talks with Turkey to resolve conflicting claims over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean once Turkish "provocations" ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey must drop ‘threats’ for talks to begin: Greek PM
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday told Turkey to stop making "threats" against his country if talks on reducing tension in the eastern Mediterranean over maritime borders and gas ... ( read original story ...)
Greek FM heads to UN amid tense standoff with Turkey
Greece’s foreign minister is heading to New York for talks with the United Nations secretary general, amid escalating tensions with Turkey over maritime boundaries. The Foreign Ministry said Nikos ... ( read original story ...)
Why is the Trump administration enabling Erdogan’s Turkey?
Today, the similarities with the ayatollahs’ Iran are eerie — and the Trump administration’s disparate treatment of the two countries is jarring. Both push radical versions of Islam at a time when ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam records three new imported Covid-19 cases
Three people who arrived from Ukraine and were quarantined upon entry were Vietnam's latest Covid-19 cases, taking the national count of active infections to 246. They are being treated at the Medical ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines confirms 3,714 new coronavirus cases, 49 more deaths
The Philippine health ministry on Friday reported 3,714 novel coronavirus infections and 49 additional deaths. ( read original story ...)
Philippines talking to Pfizer, Russia on COVID-19 vaccine supply
The Philippine health ministry said on Friday it was due to meet representatives of U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and the Russian embassy, as the Southeast Asian country looks to secure a supply of a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan bracing for dangerously powerful typhoon
Japan is bracing for a dangerously powerful typhoon approaching its southern regions this weekend on the heels of an earlier storm that injured dozens of people in the country and on the Korean Penins ... ( read original story ...)