Cyclone Amphan Brings Heavy Rain, Destruction to India, Bangladesh Cyclone Amphan was downgraded to a tropical depression Wednesday but was still expected to drench parts of inland India and… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
China’s Luckin Coffee Scandal Renews US Call for Stricter Oversight Luckin Coffee Inc., a Chinese coffee retail chain listed on the Nasdaq, confirmed this week it has received notice that… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
Taliban Chief Urges US to Implement Afghan Peace Deal The leader of the Taliban said Wednesday that implementation of his group’s “historic” agreement with the United States was key… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
ASEAN Bloc Fights Impulse to Hoard Medical Goods More than half the nations of Southeast Asia started this week by taking a donation of protective personal equipment (PPE),… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
Singapore Sentences Man to Death Via Zoom The Singapore Supreme Court has sentenced a man to death via a video chat service due to the coronavirus lockdown… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
Cyclone Dumps Rain on India, Bangladesh, 2M Head to Shelters A strong cyclone blew heavy rains and strong winds into coastal India and Bangladesh on Wednesday after more than 2.6… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
Taiwan President Vows to Bolster Defense as China Steps up Military Threats Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Wednesday to step up defense following a series of bigger-than-normal threats by her government’s longtime… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
China Rejects Blame for Coronavirus Pandemic China has lashed out at Australia and the United States for what it calls political manipulation of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia has been at the forefront of calls for an independent investigation into… 05/20/2020 Aimeast
Taiwan’s Tsai to Tread Cautiously on Cross-Strait Relations at Inauguration: Experts Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is set to be sworn in on Wednesday for her second term. Analysts say she is expected to “put… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Could Seoul be the model for other democracies confronting COVID-19? South Korea is one of very few countries to so far contain the coronavirus without resorting to mass lockdowns. Instead,… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Global Worries as Infections Spike in Russia, Brazil, India Coronavirus cases are spiking from India to South Africa and Mexico in a clear indication the pandemic is far from… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Trump’s Use of Malaria Drug Likely To Be Welcomed in India President Donald Trump's declaration that he was taking a malaria drug of dubious effectiveness to help fend off the coronavirus… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Pakistani Troops Come Under Deadly Militant Attacks Pakistani officials said Tuesday a roadside bombing of a military convoy and a separate clash with militants in southwestern Baluchistan… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
China Imposes Massive Tariffs on Australia Barley Imports, Sparking Fears of Trade War Australia is considering taking China to the World Trade Organization over Beijing’s decision to impose massive tariffs on Australian barley… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Sends Asian Markets Upward Tuesday Asian markets are soaring in midday trading Tuesday thanks to news of a promising vaccine for the novel coronavirus. Japan’s Nikkei… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Deadly Earthquake Strikes Southwest China At least four people are dead and 23 others injured after a strong earthquake struck southwest China late Monday. Geologists at… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
India-Bangladesh Border Braces for Super Cyclone Cyclone Amphan threatens massive devastation Wednesday when it is to make landfall along the India-Bangladesh border as the region continues to battle the coronavirus. Formed over the Bay of Bengal,… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
China Threatens to Put American Tech Giants on Its ‘Unreliable Entity List’ China has responded to a new U.S. ban targeting telecom giant Huawei, threatening to retaliate through a series of countermeasures, including… 05/19/2020 Aimeast
Taliban Spring Offensive Launched, According to Afghan Officials A car bomb attack on an intelligence base in central Ghazni province in Afghanistan early Monday morning killed at least… 05/18/2020 Aimeast
Pakistan’s Top Court Ends Coronavirus Lockdown Pakistan’s Supreme Court has set aside the government’s partial economic lockdown order, saying the country should not be made “all… 05/18/2020 Aimeast