Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said the price war it started last month that drove global benchmark Brent crude to 18-year lows was an “unwelcome departure” from its strategy to pursue collective oil ... ( read original story ...)
The U.S. needs to get its citizens out of Saudi Arabia’s jails now
The coronavirus pandemic has led to the release of nonviolent offenders from U.S. prisons with the aim of reducing overcrowding. Meanwhile, the United States has called on other countries to release ... ( read original story ...)
First mission for the Air Force’s flying hospital pods: Pulling COVID-19 patients from Afghanistan
Last week, an Air Force C-17 lifted off from Afghanistan and flew to Germany. On board the large cargo aircraft was an intricate bio-containment system populated by three government contractors who ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: South Korea holds elections in masks and clinics
South Korea is holding an election unlike any other. Voters must come wearing masks and stand at least 1m apart. They will have their temperature taken, disinfect their hands and wear plastic gloves. ( read original story ...)
South Korea’s Virus Election May Provide Model for Other Leaders
South Korea is holding the biggest election since the coronavirus pandemic spread around the globe -- and it might spur other world leaders with good poll numbers to follow suit.Surveys show President ... ( read original story ...)
Iran suspected of seizing, releasing Hong Kong-flagged tanker near Strait of Hormuz
Iranian forces are suspected of being behind the seizure of a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Iran mortuary worker cleanses bodies
In this mobile phone footage a mortuary worker in Iran shows body after body waiting to be cleansed. He says some of the corpses had been there for five or six days. ( read original story ...)
Other countries ponder when to reopen. Iran is already doing it.
Many leaders around the world are itching to resume normal life after the devastating economic effects of the pandemic. Yet it is Iran, of all countries, that seems to be moving forward the most ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese studios lure Japan’s struggling anime artists
Chinese streaming providers are increasingly hunting for talent among animators in Japan, the land where anime was born but whose own industry has fallen on tough times. At a small office building in ... ( read original story ...)
‘A Reminder That Nature Is Strong’: In Japan, A 1,000-Year-Old Cherry Tree Blooms
As winter turned to spring in the town of Miharu, Japan, a small group of workers pounded posts into the ground to lay a grand pathway at the base of a giant cherry tree. It was the same path they've ... ( read original story ...)