A South Korean biotech startup is showing off a stick-on body patch designed to monitor symptoms of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
Hong-Kong Nepal remittance
H ong Kong’s KME remittance and City Express Money transfer have partnered to provide remittance service between Nepalis in Hong Kong and their families back home. Nepalis who are in Hong Kong can ... ( read original story ...)
If Trump is serious about getting out of Afghanistan, he should do it now, not next summer
Trump's current plan puts off complete withdrawal from Afghanistan until mid-2021 — another year for US troops to spend in harm's way. ( read original story ...)
Pompeo says US will begin reimposing sanctions on Iran
Tensions between the US and Iran appear to be ratcheting up again after the international community paused typical foreign affairs to battle the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary of State Mike ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. tightening sanctions won’t hurt Iran’s nuclear production, country’s atomic energy agency says
A recent U.S. decision to end nearly every remaining sanctions waiver granted to Iran under the Obama-era nuclear agreement, is not going to have an impact on Iran’s continuing nuclear development, ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey Growth Spurt Before Virus Likely Helped Avoid Contraction
Turkey’s economy probably had enough momentum at the start of the year to help it clock one of the fastest expansion rates among peers during the first quarter, a period mostly before coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Moscow is painting over the Russian markings on its jet fighters and sending them to fight a proxy war against Turkey in Libya
The Russian government has consistently denied directly intervening in the Libyan conflict. The photos show otherwise. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan: Business tycoon’s daughters attack actress Uzma Khan over alleged affair, videos go viral
On May 27, police in Lahore registered a case against multiple people after a model and actress, Uzma Khan, accused them of forcibly entering her house and attacking her over an alleged extramarital ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan Finds Cockpit Voice Recorder From Plane Crash Debris
Investigators in Pakistan have located the cockpit voice recorder for a jetliner that crashed into a residential neighborhood of Karachi six days ago, killing all but two of the 99 people aboard. ( read original story ...)
New security laws blur line between Hong Kong and mainland
Beijing government says new laws on security and the national anthem will not infringe on Hong Kong's freedoms. Japan and other democracies criticized the move. The Trump administration said it no ... ( read original story ...)