In response to Nepal’s rapidly increasing number of cases since late May, recent shipments from Direct Relief included critical medications, protective gear, ventilators and oxygen concentrators. ( read original story ...)
‘Cultural encroachment’: PM Oli says Hindu deity Ram from Nepal
Nepal PM says Ayodhya as Lord Ram's birthplace is a recent creation, as he accuses New Delhi of 'cultural encroachment'. ( read original story ...)
Nepal Partially Lifts Ban on Indian Private News Channels
Nepal’s cable television operators on Monday partially lifted the ban imposed on Indian private news channels. Also Read - ‘Real Ayodhya Not in India’: Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli Claims Lord Ram is Nepali ... ( read original story ...)
As if Yemen Needed More Woes, a Decrepit Oil Tanker Threatens Disaster
A rusting vessel used for years to store oil off Yemen’s coast poses what the United Nations has called a dire and entirely preventable threat of ecological catastrophe. ( read original story ...)
UN Security Council concerned over decaying oil tanker off Yemen
The UN Security Council has expressed its deep concern about the increased danger posed by FSO Safer - a floating oil storage and offloading vessel moored in the Red Sea off Yemen. Image Credit: ... ( read original story ...)
15 years later: CBS News’ Lara Logan on Iraq War
March 20 marks 15 years since President George W. Bush ordered the U.S. invasion of Iraq. CBS News' Lara Logan, now a correspondent for "60 Minutes," was in Baghdad when the war began. She spoke to ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea revokes licences of leaflet-sending anti-North groups
North Korea groups that send propaganda leaflets into the North infuriating its government and undermining South Korean efforts to engage with its isolated neighbour. ( read original story ...)
South Korea approves human trials of Celltrion’s COVID-19 antibody drug
South Korea on Friday approved an early stage clinical trial of Celltrion Inc's experimental COVID-19 treatment drug, making it the country's first such antibody drug to be tested on humans. Drugmaker ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea plans to launch 1st military communications satellite Sunday
ANASIS 2 -- have been released. South Korea launched a similar satellite in 2013, but it didn't deploy properly and was l ... ( read original story ...)
Emails detail U.S. company’s offer to sell virus tests to Hogan for less than he paid South Korea
Larry Hogan negotiated receipt of 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea this spring, a domestic test distributor tried to sell the state a million or more federally authorized tests at less than ... ( read original story ...)