Turkey's Museum Hotel Antakya is an engineering marvel: A modern five-star hotel that "floats" on steel columns above a 2,300-year-old archaeological park. ( read original story ...)
Recipe for disaster: Vietnam embraces kitchen nightmares in lockdown
Burnt bread, collapsed cakes and inedible potatoes: the kitchen failures of Vietnamese families in self-isolation are being shared online, with hundreds of thousands joining a Facebook group to ... ( read original story ...)
Asia-Pacific Coronavirus News: Philippines reports 207 new COVID-19 cases, Japan to declare nationwide state of emergency
A health worker wearing a personal protective equipment disinfects the swabbing booth inside a COVID-19 mass testing center in Quezon City, the Philippines, on April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali) - ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines reports 13 new coronavirus deaths, 207 more infections
The Philippine health ministry on Thursday reported 13 neweaths and 207 additional infections. In a bulletin, the health ministry said total deaths have reached 362 while infections have increased to ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines Central Bank Cuts Key Rates as Covid-19 Disrupts Economy
The Philippine central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rates in an unscheduled move as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the country’s economy. ( read original story ...)
PAGASA: Isolated rainshowers, thunderstorms expected across Philippines
The easterlies as well as localized thunderstorms are expected to bring partly cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of the country on Friday, PAGASA ... ( read original story ...)
Nearly 400 Rohingya Rescued From Boat Near Bangladesh After 2 Months Adrift
Bangladesh's coast guard said Thursday that it rescued hundreds of starving Rohingya refugees from a fishing trawler that had been drifting at sea, but a survivor said at least 28 others died during a ... ( read original story ...)
58% of Pakistan’s COVID-19 cases locally transmitted
Around 58 per cent of Pakistan total coronavirus cases are locally transmitted, data released by the National Command and Operation Centre revealed on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports 380 new coronavirus infections, 27 deaths
Indonesia confirmed on Thursday 380 new infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 5,516, said a health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. Yurianto reported 27 new deaths, taking ... ( read original story ...)
Raincoats And Donations: Indonesia’s Doctors Battle Virus Surge
Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of coronavirus infections that is overwhelming its creaky health-care system -- and killing their ... ( read original story ...)