Taiwan’s GDP contracts in Q2 2020
TAIPEI, Aug 2, 2020, Xinhua. Taiwan’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.73 percent year-on-year…
Torrential rain hammers South Korea, leaving 6 dead
SEOUL, Aug 2, 2020, NBC News. Torrential rain pounded most of South Korea on Sunday,…
India interior minister tests positive for coronavirus
NEW DELHI, Aug 2, 2020, Al Jazeera. India’s Interior Minister Amit Shah said that he…
Trump to act on Chinese software companies in coming days: Pompeo
WASHINGTON D.C., Aug 2, 2020, Reuters. President Donald Trump will take action shortly on Chinese…
Building stronger China’s defense is a crucial goal: Xi
BEIJING, Aug 2, 2020, China Daily. China should advance modernization of its national defense and…
Remote notarization of documents allowed in the Philippines
MANILA, Aug 2, 2020, The Manila Times. Remote notarization of paper documents is now allowed…
Australia’s second-largest city declares state of disaster, imposes curfew
MELBOURNE, Aug 2, 2020, AFP. Australia on Sunday introduced sweeping new measures to control a…
Thai democracy protesters make Japan cartoon hamster their symbol
BANGKOK, Aug 2, 2020, Reuters. Thailand’s emerging student pro-democracy movement has adopted a Japanese cartoon…
Indonesia’s tourism minister lauds Bali’s readiness to welcome tourists
JAKARTA, Aug 2, 2020, ANTARA. Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio commended the provincial…
Trump’s Germany troops pullout may be his last gift to Putin before the election
LONDON, Aug 2, 2020, CNN. Since he came to office, US President Donald Trump has…
S. Korea has arrested the leader of the Church of Jesus linked to the country’s largest coronavirus outbreak
SEOUL, Aug 1, 2020, BBC. Lee Man-hee, 88, heads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus. More…
Russian health ministry plans mass vaccination against coronavirus for October
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Aug 1, 2020, TASS. Russia’s Health Ministry plans a mass vaccination campaign against…