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'Fighting COVID-19: China in Action': Country Issues White Paper to Explain Its Coronavirus Battle

Chinese officials haave released documents related to the country's battle against novel Coronavirus

Jun 7, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Passengers line-up at automated immigration control gates at Changi airport's Terminal 4 in Singapore April 30, 2018. Picture taken April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White

Planning for Air Travel? Brace for Plethora of New Rules Before and After Boarding Flight

Singapore Airlines and Scoot have put in new safety measures as the city-state set to resume international travel

Jun 7, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Kaohsiung City Council Speaker Commits Suicide after Taiwan Mayor Recall Vote

Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu was soundly beaten in the recall vote, accusing the ruling DPP of smearing his name to get him out of office

Jun 7, 2020

By Reuters

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Israelis Protest Benjamin Netanyahu's Annexation Plan

The protest in Israel was organized by left-wing groups and did not appear to be the start of a popular mass movement

Jun 7, 2020

By Reuters

Stepfather Impregnates 14-year-old girl, Says God Had Occupied His Body

Stepfather has been charged with raping a girl below 15 years of age and performing an obscene act on a child.

Jun 6, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Who is Hao Haidong? Former Chinese Star Wages War Against CCP

Ex-footballer Hao Haidong's Weibo account was deleted after he accused China of waging 'biological warfare' with coronavirus

Jun 6, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Iranian Wedding Party Fuelled New Coronavirus Surge, Says President Rouhani

Iran has more than 167,000, novel Coronavirus cases as of Saturday and disease has caused over 8,000 deaths in the country

Jun 6, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

Macron the mould-breaker - France's youngest leader since Napoleon

France Continues to Back "One Country, Two Systems" Principle for Hong Kong, says Macron

In the midst of escalated tension between the US and China, Marcon talked to Xi Jinping and said France is following events happening in Hong Kong

Jun 6, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Australia and Asia Protests Embrace 'Black Lives Matter' Movement

Asia-Pacific demonstrations against the racism issues were limited by social-distancing curbs aiming at stopping the novel coronavirus pandemic

Jun 6, 2020

By Reuters

Anti-Government Protestors Detained in Kazakh

Dozens Of Anti-Government Protesters Detained by Kazakh Police [VIDEO]

Police detained anti-government protesters in Kazakhstan's largest city Almaty as dozens took to the streets

Jun 6, 2020

By Reuters

Citing Coronavirus-Fueled Racism, China Asks its Citizens Not to Travel to Australia

With an increase in racist incidents against people of China and Asian background, the Chinese government issued a travel advisory

Jun 6, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Myanmar Doctor Jailed for Criticizing Buddhist Monks Opposing Sex Education in Schools

Dr Kyaw Win Thant was arrested in May after he apologized for his social media ranting to the Buddhist monks

Jun 6, 2020

By Parwinder Sandhu

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Japan Aims to Use Coronavirus Vaccines by June 2021

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting more than 6.6 million people globally

Jun 5, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

Black Lives Matter Rallies Papuan Activists in Indonesia

Indonesian social media users have adopted the hashtag #PapuanLivesMatter alongside #BlackLivesMatter

Jun 5, 2020

By Reuters

US Military Commander Says China Pushing Territorial Claims Under Cover of Coronavirus

US criticism of China comes as relations have frayed amid accusations by Washington that Beijing failed to warn it quickly enough about the coronavirus

Jun 5, 2020

By Reuters

Coronavirus

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