Qiao Liang, a retired Chinese air force major general who normally takes a hawkish view about the country's political issues, warned against Beijing’s objective to take back Taiwan. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Rebuffs WHO, Says China Has No Right to Represent It
Taiwan Rebuffs WHO, Says China Has No Right to Represent It Taiwan's exclusion from WHO, due to China's objections which considers the island one of its provinces, has infuriated Taipei, which says ... ( read original story ...)
WFP Bhutan Country Brief, March 2020
English Situation Report on Bhutan about Agriculture, Disaster Management, Children, Epidemic and more; published on 31 Mar 2020 by WFP ... ( read original story ...)
Federal coronavirus aid arrives for Georgia schools
More than $400 million in federal emergency aid will flow to public schools in Georgia after state education officials accepted money from the CARES Act coronavirus relief fund Monday. Most of the ... ( read original story ...)
The Georgia town of Albany, a coronavirus epicenter, isn’t ready to reopen. There’s still too much grief, uncertainty.
Town leaders say they are not ready to reopen the small city, hit hard by the virus, despite the governor lifting his shelter-in-place order. ( read original story ...)
Ad for Georgia Senate hopeful touts John Lewis’ backing
Civil rights pioneer and Georgia congressman John Lewis’ endorsement of Democratic Senate hopeful Jon Ossoff is the focus of a new television ad from Ossoff’s campaign that ... ( read original story ...)
Georgia Man Visits Ex-Wife, Shoots Her, Kidnaps Their 1-Year-Old Son
A neighbor witnessed a man dragging a woman to a car and shooting her. When the neighbor tried to intervene, the man pointed the gun at the former and drove off. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait Finance House replaces CEO
Kuwait Finance House said on Monday that its board of directors unanimously decided to remove Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh as CEO effective immediately. ( read original story ...)
IMF chief says talks with Lebanon on reforms to begin soon
The head of the International Monetary Fund says an economic recovery plan recently adopted by the Lebanese government is “an important step forward” to address Lebanon’s economic challenges ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon set to extend coronavirus shutdown until May 24
Lebanon's supreme defence council will advise the government to extend a shutdown to curb the spread of coronavirus by two weeks until May 24, a security source said after the council convened on ... ( read original story ...)