Hong Kong on Tuesday announced plans to ease major social distancing measures, including reopening schools, cinemas, bars and beauty parlours after the Chinese territory largely halted local …
Former Hong Kong leaders launch pro-Beijing coalition
Beijing alliance to uphold China’s “one country, two systems” policy and work to revive the city’s economy following months of anti-government protests …
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 …
Coronavirus Tensions: A Chinese Hawk Cautions Beijing On Taking Back Taiwan Now
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.
Taiwan Says ‘Play Ball!’ (With Cardboard Fans and Robot Drummers)
Players must submit to temperature checks several times a day, but professional baseball games go on amid the coronavirus pandemic, even if the stadium is empty.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.