CBN network, a day after its license expired, is the latest in a string of actions against outlets critical of the government. ( read original story ...)
Philippines Forces Top Media Network Off Air
CBN was forced off air on Tuesday over a stalled operating licence renewal, drawing fresh accusations that the authorities are cracking down on press freedom. Since running afoul of President Rodrigo ... ( read original story ...)
Remdesivir may be approved in Japan on Thursday – health minister
Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug remdesivir may be approved in Japan for domestic COVID-19 patients when the health ministry's review board is held on Thursday, Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 Not Affecting Afghan Border Fencing, Pakistan Army Says
Officials in Pakistan say a unilateral construction effort has erected a robust fence along “more than 70%” of the country’s roughly 2,600-kilometer border with Afghanistan, and the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan concerned at workers returning coronavirus-positive from UAE
Pakistan has raised concerns with the United Arab Emirates that workers are returning home from the Gulf nation with high rates of COVID-19 and that crowded living conditions in the UAE may be helping ... ( read original story ...)
Tom Cotton calls on China to produce evidence that disputes Wuhan lab as source of COVID-19
All evidence in investigations of the origin of the deadly coronavirus pandemic points to two laboratories in Wuhan, China, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., stated Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Outsourcing U.S. Drug Manufacturing to China was a Mistake—A Lethal One | Opinion
There is growing bipartisan agreement that we need to bring pharmaceutical production back home. But one enormous hurdle remains. ( read original story ...)
China says launch of key new space rocket ‘successful’
China on Tuesday successfully launched a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, state media said, in a major test of the country's ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to ... ( read original story ...)
Europe and China were on course for a reset. Coronavirus changed all that
Before coronavirus brought the world to its knees, 2020 was slated to be a crucial year for the European Union and China. ( read original story ...)
China launches trial version of latest spacecraft
China has launched a newly designed spacecraft as part of its program to build an orbiting space station, furthering its aspirations to rival the U.S., Russia and private companies in outer space expl ... ( read original story ...)