Around one in every five known coronavirus cases in Kyrgyzstan are among medical workers. “Doctors can barely make it/ Fighting an invisible disease / Doctors without masks/ Tired and sick / For ... ( read original story ...)
Polish medics bring Italian COVID-19 experience to Kyrgyzstan with WHO support
A team of medics from Poland went to Kyrgyzstan to share their experience from virus-hit Italy and transfer knowledge and skills to their peers. This support was part of the Emergency Medical Team ... ( read original story ...)
Kyrgyzstan: Supreme Court swats away Askarov appeal, dooming him to die in prison
The Supreme Court in Kyrgyzstan have once again rejected an appeal from ailing rights activist, likely dooming him to death in prison ... ( read original story ...)
China delivers more medical supplies to Kyrgyzstan to help fight COVID-19
China has handed over a second batch of medical supplies to Kyrgyzstan to help combat COVID-19, the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan said Monday. The second batch includes detection reagents, KN95 face ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo lauds Israel over coronavirus on visit, raps China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took an apparent swipe at China on Wednesday, On a one-day visit to Israel, which he lauded as an ally in the campaign against the new coronavirus. (SOUNDBITE) ... ( read original story ...)
Rivlin on Gaza border: Without agriculture, Israel has no independence
President Reuven Rivlin visited farmers near the Gaza border area on Wednesday and saw how farmers are struggling since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. Accompanied by Eshkol Regional Council ... ( read original story ...)
On Annexation, a Green Light Turns Yellow, Pompeo’s Visit to Israel Signals
Although the secretary of state took pains to avoid publicly addressing the issue, he seemed to caution Israel’s leadership against moving too quickly to annex occupied territory. ( read original story ...)
Michael Jordan was ‘rightly insulted’ by 1994 SI story — says the writer of the story
Former Sports Illustrated writer Steve Wulf says he has many regrets about his piece on Jordan's initial foray into baseball, including a headline that makes him "cringe." ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Syria Representative Says His Job Is to Make the War a ‘Quagmire’ for Russia
James Jeffrey said that the U.S. must stay the course in Syria and that it was not the same kind of large-scale, costly deployment as Afghanistan or Vietnam. ( read original story ...)
Geopolitical drama: Fans swoon over North, South Korea romance
A new Korean TV series has taken the locked-down world by storm, but the show - featuring an unlikely romance between a North Korean soldier and a South Korean heiress - has not only garnered a legion ... ( read original story ...)