WHO says China team interviewed Wuhan scientists over virus origins
GENEVA, Aug 4, 2020, Reuters. A World Health Organization team in China to probe the…
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[Analytics] WHO leader is stuck between feuding China and US
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was watching late-night television when he saw a hospital boss criticizing him…
Vietnam, New Zealand upgrade ties to strategic partnership
HANOI, Jul 23, 2020, The Hanoi Times. The two countries focus on trade, agriculture, education,…
N. Korea likely to conduct nuclear test or reentry test this year: Singaporean expert
SINGAPORE, Jul 23, 2020, The Korea Herald. A Singaporean defense expert who has regularly interacted…
Chinese, Russian oil shipments to N. Korea plunge amid coronavirus pandemic
SEOUL, Jul 22, 2020, Yonhap. Refined oil products shipped from China and Russia to North…
UN Secretary General initiates New Global Deal for fairer world order
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19, 2020, TASS. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has put forward…
[Analytics] What does US leaving the WHO mean for Taiwan’s campaign to rejoin?
As the US begins the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation, it raises…
WHO experts to visit China as part of Covid-19 investigation
BEIJING, Jul 10, 2020, AP. Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two…
Australia offers pathway to residency for Hongkongers
CANBERRA, Jul 9, 2020, SCMP. Australia will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and…
Vietnam joins UNSC’s discussion on Central Asia’s centre for preventive diplomacy
NEW YORK/UN, Jul 7, 2020, VNS. Vietnamese Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý on Monday expressed his…
[Analytics] Navigating ASEAN’s post-Covid-19 energy transition
Daily global carbon emissions dropped by 17 per cent in the first quarter of 2020…
Brazil to test Chinese potential vaccine against Covid-19 in six states
SAO PAULO, Jul 2, 2020, Reuters. A potential coronavirus vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac will…
[Analytics] ASEAN finally pushes back on China’s sea claims
In a sign of rising resistance to China’s Covid-19 strategic opportunism, the typically tight-lipped Association…
Conditions Rohingya’s return to Myanmar has not improved: UN
GENEVA, Jul 1, 2020, Anadolu Agency. The UN human rights chief on Tuesday expressed regret…
[Analytics] Gauging Indonesia’s interests in the South China Sea
In June, four years after the Hague’s 2016 South China Sea tribunal ruling, Indonesia put…