New Zealand extends Auckland coronavirus lockdown
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY, Aug 24, 2020, Reuters. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a…
China ‘has been vaccinating key workers since July’
BEIJING, Aug 24, 2020, Sky News. China has been giving experimental coronavirus vaccines to key…
Report links Cypriot shipping magnate to Beirut disaster
BEIRUT, Aug 24, 2020, Splash247. An in-depth investigation involving 10 news organisations including Germany’s highly…
Siberian doctors say they saved Kremlin critic Navalny’s life
MOSCOW, Aug 24, 2020, Reuters. Doctors at the Siberian hospital that first treated Russian opposition…
Google says Australian media bargaining laws open up opportunities to ‘game’ the system
CANBERRA, Aug 24, 2020, ZDNet. The battle between the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)…
Pakistan’s exports record 20 per cent growth in July
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24, 2020, Anadolu Agency. Pakistan exports rose 20% in July after four-month decline…
Protests erupt in US Wisconsin after police shoot black man
KENOSHA, Aug 24, 2020, BBC. Protests have erupted in the US state of Wisconsin after…
At least 11 killed after 2 blasts rip through southern Philippines
MANILA, Aug 24, 2020, NYT. Two powerful explosions ripped through heavily populated areas of a…
Hanoi plans to repair busy bridge crossing Red river
HANOI, Aug 24, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Hanoi’s Department of Transport on August 23 requested…
Abe revisits hospital on day he becomes Japan’s longest-serving PM
TOKYO, Aug 24, 2020, Kyodo. On the day he became Japan’s longest-serving prime minister in…
China unveils world’s first self-driving tram
BEIJING, Aug 24, 2020, China Daily. World’s first self-driving energy-storage tram that can be used…
Attorney General’s office in Jakarta destroyed in 12-hour inferno
JAKARTA, Aug 23, 2020, Jakarta Globe. A massive blaze ravaged the main building of the…