GENEVA – World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo said Thursday that he will step down at the end of August this year, before the…
CANBERRA – Almost 600,000 Australians lost their jobs in April with thousands of businesses closed due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The Australian Bureau of Statistics…
While reins loosening amid economic pressures, it won’t be business as usual When Thailand started easing lockdown measures in the first week of May, university…
WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s State of National Emergency has been lifted and a National Transition Period is now in place as the country prepares to…
In just eight hours, Sudesna Roy Chowdhury built a website to translate medical instructions from English into Bengali. The young trainee doctor, who had no…
TOKYO – The Japanese government on Tuesday raised its travel alert for Mexico and 12 other countries to the second-highest level, advising citizens not to…
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa called on enhancement of bilateral cooperation with Iran to ensure border security in a telephonic…
Singapore has received 620,000 face masks donated by the Chinese government and the Red Cross Society of China to help the city-state in the fight…
SEOUL－South Korea’s capital has ordered to close all clubs and bars after a burst of new cases sparked fears of a second coronavirus wave as…
WASHINGTON – The United States will purchase $3 billion worth of dairy, meat and produce from farmers and ranchers starting early next week, President Donald…