Australia’s Crossroads Hotel virus case highlighted the importance of diagnosing people really quickly: Official
SYDNEY, Jul 16, 2020, News.com.au. The coronavirus in NSW is spreading at a “very fast”…
[Analytics] Gas pains building in US-Japan trade relations
JERA, Japan’s largest power generator and one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
US secretary of state Pompeo downplays possibility of summit with N. Korea
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 16, 2020, AP. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed the possibility…
[Analytics] Australia’s vision of leadership in the Indo-Pacific
The recent speech by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne was an implicit message to the…
International Olympic Committee dont’t want to hold Tokyo Games behind closed doors: Chief
LAUSANNE, Jul 16, 2020, AFP. Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we…
Philippine police deployed as cases forced into quarantine
MANILA, Jul 16, 2020, AFP. Philippine police are being deployed to ensure people who test…
Cross-industry initiative in Japan seeks to transform CO2 from steel mills into new shipping fuel
TOKYO, Jul 16, 2020, Splash247. Nine Japanese companies – including shipyards, shipping line Mitsui OSK…
Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
NEW YORK, Jul 16, 2020, BBC. Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are…
China-Laos railway completes both cross-Mekong River bridges’ beam installation
VIENTIANE, Jul 16, 2020, Xinhua. The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based…
India’s Goa in lockdown as cases near 1 million
NEW DELHI, Jul 16, 2020, AP. India’s virus cases have surged another 32,695, taking the…
After six months, pandemic accelerates arrival of contactless future in S. Korea
SEOUL, Jul 16, 2020, Yonhap. Six months after the first COVID-19 case was reported in…
Taiwan holds live-fire drill during war games as tensions rise
TAIPEI, Jul 16, 2020, Al Jazeera. Taiwan’s army is carrying out a live-fire drill in…