April 15, 2020 South Korea holds parliamentary elections despite coronavirus, high turnout reported Millions of people headed to the polls in South Korea on Wednesday, making it the highest turnout reported in nearly three decades despite the coronavirus pandemic.
April 15, 2020 Thai king leaves self-isolation in Germany to travel nearly 9,000 miles to attend a dinner party, report says The Thai king who has been self-isolating in a luxury German hotel with an entourage of 20 concubines and servants reportedly flew back to his home country recently to attend an upscale banquet on a national holiday.
April 15, 2020 On coronavirus, China and WHO show they’ve learned little after 2003 SARS outbreak In early 2003, the onslaught of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) out of southern China rattled the globe and quickly became the first public health crisis of the 21st century. Accusations of cover-ups orchestrated by the Chinese government, and a dangerously slow response from the World Health Organization (WHO), were ignited as panic seeped in and lives were lost. 17 years later, the very same red flags have been raised – but there has been at least one glaring difference.
April 14, 2020 Chinese aircraft carrier sails past Taiwan as US Navy struggles with coronavirus A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed past Taiwan over the weekend in a show of strength as the U.S. Navy struggles with coronavirus.
April 14, 2020 Coronavirus patrols in Indonesia village use 'ghosts' to enforce social distancing In the streets of one village in Indonesia, keeping people indoors to stop the spread of coronavirus.
April 14, 2020 Police officer enforcing coronavirus lockdown in India has hand chopped off in sword attack A police officer in India had to undergo an operation that lasted over seven hours after his hand was hacked off during an attack Sunday while he was trying to enforce the coronavirus lockdown.
April 14, 2020 Mutation strain from India could kill current research efforts for coronavirus vaccine: report A coronavirus strain isolated in India carried a mutation that could render current international vaccine efforts useless, researches in Australia and Taiwan warned.
April 14, 2020 China's wet markets are pandemic incubators: Sen. Lindsey Graham Sen. Graham on holding China accountable
April 14, 2020 Australia's PM says it's 'unfathomable' that WHO supports reopening of wet markets Australia’s prime minister is blasting the World Health Organization Tuesday over their stance on wet markets, calling it “unfathomable” that the U.N. agency supports them reopening in China.
April 13, 2020 Japan's Abe slammed over 'stay home' coronavirus tweet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is being slammed over his "stay at home" coronavirus tweet.