Singapore’s ambassador reacts to a magazine essay about the city-state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak among migrant workers in crowded dormitories. ( read original story ...)
Two Americans facing charges for violating Singapore’s social distance rules
Linda Givetash and Ed Flanagan An American man and woman accused of violating social distancing regulation designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Singapore faced the charges in court on ... ( read original story ...)
Turkmenistan: Ride a white swan
Ashgabat is reviving talk of the TAPI gas pipeline; a sheep dip for trucks; and an official doesn’t like farmers growing food. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing ... ( read original story ...)
Israel battles surge in coronavirus infections in schools
Israel has told almost 10,000 students and teachers to quarantine at home as it struggles to stem an outbreak of coronavirus in schools three weeks after reopening its economy. Children returned to ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus herd immunity? Not in Israel, according to a serological study
Herd immunity is the idea that when a threshold proportion of a population is immune to a certain pathogen this protects even non-immune individuals against the infection by limiting the spread. ( read original story ...)
Turkish aid agency sends medical supplies to Tajikistan amid COVID-19 outbreak
Turkey's state-run aid agency, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), has delivered 70,000 face masks and 1,000 medical overalls to Tajikistan to help ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey sends medical supplies to Tajikistan
Turkey's state-run aid agency has delivered 70,000 face masks and 1,000 medical overalls to Tajikistan to help the country tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The help by the Turkish Cooperation and ... ( read original story ...)
Azerbaijan, Switzerland agree on joint program to tackle economic results of COVID-19
The Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has approved a $1.6 million-program to be implemented jointly with Azerbaijan's Ministry of Economy and the World Bank in the area of ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court won’t annul Parliament dissolution
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to consider petitions filed by opposition parties and civil groups seeking to annul a presidential order ... ( read original story ...)
U.N. Says Donors Have Promised $1.35 Billion in Humanitarian Aid to Yemen: Aid Chief
Saudi Arabia hosted a virtual U.N. conference to help raise some $2.4 billion to counter funding shortages for aid operations in Yemen. ( read original story ...)