TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan wrapped up an annual film festival with an awards ceremony Saturday night as it holds more public events after keeping its coronavirus outbreak to a few hundred cases. ( read original story ...)
The US has a lot to learn from Taiwan’s Covid fight
Lanhee Chen writes that Taiwan's Covid-19 strategy can be replicated in the United States. Its efforts to identify each case quickly, coupled with contact tracing, social distancing in group contexts ... ( read original story ...)
The Taiwan missile tech aimed at keeping a PLA attack at bay
Taiwan has a stockpile of missiles that by some estimates is the world's biggest in terms of number per unit of area. Though the island's defence ministry is unwilling to say exactly how big the ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei: 355 undergoing self-isolation at monitoring centres; no Covid-19 cases in 65 days
Brunei Darussalam recorded no new Covid-19 cases keeping the national tally at 141 cases. Information on the latest Covid-19 situation in the country was shared by the Ministry of Health in a ... ( read original story ...)
In Crisis-hit Lebanon, Will French-language Schools Survive?
Inside the French-language school she has run for years in east Lebanon, Sister Colette Moughabghab welcomed parents devastated by the news the century-old establishment was locking up its classrooms. ( read original story ...)
Qatar Charity inks pact with Qatari embassy, health ministry in Kyrgyzstan
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Qatar Charity (QC) has signed a co-operation agreement with Qatar's embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Ministry of Health in the country to provide 420 oxygen concentrators, ... ( read original story ...)
Govt: Laos returnees complying with Covid-19 quarantine measures
VIENTIANE, July 12 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Laos nationals returning home from overseas continue to be sent to the country’s quarantine centres for 14 days to ensure they comply with COVID-19 prevention ... ( read original story ...)
Laos DPM: Production of face masks must be of highest quality
Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Sonexay Siphandone, who is also Minister of Planning and Investment, inspected two face mask factories in Vientiane urging the facilities to maintain production standards and ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Thousands protest in Israel over handling of economy
Thousands of Israelis have staged a demonstration in Tel Aviv to protest against what they say is economic hardship caused by the government's mishandling of the coronavirus crisis. Rabin Square was ... ( read original story ...)
Inventor of Israel’s Iron Dome seeks coronavirus ‘game-changer’
Daniel Gold, who led the team that invented Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system, has a history of safeguarding the country against what he identifies as existential threats. With the nation ... ( read original story ...)