Critics speak out on Tokyo Olympic costs, pandemic, fairness
TOKYO, Nov 13, 2020, AP. Three-time Olympic champion gymnast Kohei Uchimura wants the postponed Tokyo…
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No formal request from US over ‘Quad’ coalition: S. Korean official
SEOUL, Nov 13, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea has not received any formal request from the…
Wuhan finds Covid-19 on imported beef samples
WUHAN, Nov 13, 2020, Xinhua. Authorities in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, found…
China on track to become world’s largest civil aviation market: Boeing
BEIJING, Nov 13, 2020, China Daily. China is still on track to become the world’s…
Suga, Biden agree to strengthen Japan-US alliance in phone talks
TOKYO, Nov 12, 2020, Kyodo. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden…
Drone taxi and bags of rice take flight in South Korea
SEOUL, Nov 12, 2020, Bloomberg. A drone taxi and a drone delivery were tested in…
Pacific isles and secretive states among last pandemic-free places
WELLINGTON, Nov 12, 2020, AP. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, from the Vatican to the White…
Travel, hospitality sectors witness surge in hiring in India: Report
NEW DELHI, Nov 12, 2020, Financial Express. Travel and hospitality sectors: Increase in hiring in…
Blow to China, Pakistan as Russia backs India at SCO meet
NEW DELHI, Nov 12, 2020, Zee News. Russia has come out in support of India…
India in historic technical recession, says RBI in first-ever ‘nowcast’
NEW DELHI, Nov 12, 2020, India Today. India’s economy is likely to have shrank for…
Koreans order more spicy food when coronavirus infections rise
SEOUL, Nov 12, 2020, Korea Bizwire. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, spikes in…
China says Hong Kong opposition walkout is open challenge
HONG KONG, Nov 11, 2020, BBC. China’s government has condemned the mass resignation of most…