In Myanmar, daily commute gets tougher
Residents of Dala, a township on the southern banks of Myanmar’s Yangon River, rely on an extensive ship and motorboat system to reach the country’s largest city, Yangon, on the other side of the water. More than 180,000 people live in Dala, and half o…
WHO Chief: ‘Misguided to Think This Pandemic Is Over’
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Thursday at the second U.S.-led virtual COVID summit, co-hosted by Belize, Germany, Indonesia and Senegal.”So although reported cases a…
Meatpackers Convinced Trump Officials to Keep Plants Running During COVID Crisis, Report Says
Top U.S. meatpacking companies drafted the executive order issued by President Donald Trump in 2020 to keep meat plants running and convinced his administration to encourage workers to stay on the job at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according t…
Biden touts ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific in summit with ASEAN rulers
U.S. President Joe Biden declared to Southeast Asian leaders on Friday that “our relationship with you is the future,” as he wound up a summit with the ASEAN bloc of nations aimed at shoring up trans-Pacific ties and countering China’s heavy influence …
27 charred bodies discovered in Sagaing after Myanmar junta’s latest arson attack
Villagers found 27 charred bodies inside burnt homes yesterday in northwestern Myanmar’s Sagaing region, where the ruling military junta has for months conducted an arson campaign targeting rural villages, burning hundreds of homes, and leaving thousan…
North Korea’s Kim Orders Lockdown as First COVID-19 Outbreak Is Confirmed
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a nationwide lockdown Thursday to try to contain a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, which was confirmed in the country this week for the first time.The official Korean Central New…
Nations Pledge Over $3B to Fight Pandemic
World leaders pledged more than $3 billion on Thursday for the global fight against the pandemic, as the United States marked a grim point in its own COVID-19 battle – and without the billions of dollars in emergency funding Biden has sought from Congr…
Myanmar political crisis takes center stage on day 1 of US-ASEAN Summit
The ongoing upheaval in Myanmar took center stage on the first day of a U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Washington, as fellow bloc member Malaysia slammed the junta for refusing to engage with the country’s shadow government.Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
Flying footwear, fawning ‘fans’ for rare Washington visit by Cambodia PM Hun Sen
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, making his first visit to Washington, got a taste of the dissent he has completely crushed back home in his 36 years of rule when an émigré from the Southeast Asian nation threw a shoe at him as he greeted supporters …