Australia’s Highest Court to Deliver Ruling on Cardinal George Pell’s Appeal Next Week Australia’s High Court will deliver its ruling next week on Cardinal George Pell’s appeal of his conviction of child sexual… 04/02/2020 Aimeast
Philippine President Says Those Violating Anti-Virus Measures Could be Shot Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says anyone who violates the government’s lockdown measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak could be shot… 04/02/2020 Aimeast
Singapore Plans Record Stimulus as Coronavirus Turns GDP Growth Negative Singapore is planning a record $39-billion stimulus package aimed at supporting the economy amid the financial impact of the coronavirus… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Estimates Show Wuhan Death Toll Far Higher Than Official Figure As authorities lifted a two-month coronavirus lockdown in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, residents said they were growing increasingly… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Organization Offers Free Education to Pakistan’s Street Children Millions of children in Pakistan are deprived of an education due to financial reasons. Some are even forced into child… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
RFE/RL Criticizes Tajikistan’s Attempts to Interfere with Coronavirus Reporting RFE/RL President Jamie Fly has criticized the government of Tajikistan for obstructing the efforts of the broadcasters' journalists to cover… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
China Releases Data on Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced Wednesday it has more than 1,300 asymptomatic coronavirus cases, the first time it has… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Pakistani Poultry Farmer Sold $2M in Property to Pay Employees, Then Came COVID-19 Haji Mohammad Arshad has had a few rough years with his once lucrative poultry farms. He started Wali poultry farms in 1982 with meager resources and the business thrived over the decades, making him millions. But the last… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Locals Aren’t Satisfied with Afghan Taliban COVID Awareness Campaign The Afghan Taliban have launched a public awareness campaign about the new coronavirus in the areas under their control in… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
In South Korea, Baseball Brings Hopes for Normalcy It’s a sunny weekday afternoon in early spring, and the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization are playing one… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
In South Korea, Baseball Brings Hopes for Normalcy Amid Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has shut down virtually all professional sports, leaving a major hole in the lives of fans around… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
US Military Furloughs Thousands of South Korean Workers Thousands of South Korean workers on U.S. bases were placed on unpaid leave Wednesday, after the United States and South Korea failed… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Pakistani Poultry Farmer Sold $2 Million in Property to Pay Employees, Then Came COVID-19 Haji Mohammad Arshad has had a few rough years with his once lucrative poultry farms. He started Wali poultry farms in 1982 with meager resources and the business thrived over the decades, making him millions. But the last… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Vietnam Latest to Lock Down, While US Braces for Huge Death Toll U.S. officials say Americans should be prepared for a potential 100,000 to 240,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus outbreak, while… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Human Rights Watch Worried for Health and Safety of Migrants in Persian Gulf Region Human Rights Watch is expressing concern for the fate of millions of migrant workers in the Persian Gulf region, as host countries lock down, and employers… 04/01/2020 Aimeast
Vietnam Orders National Isolation After Initial Containment of Coronavirus Vietnam has announced a national lockdown to fight COVID-19, with nearly 100 million people ordered not to go outside except… 03/31/2020 Aimeast
China Not Tracking Recovered Coronavirus Patients Who Test Positive Again After testing negative twice in a row, a coronavirus patient in Wuhan — the former epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak — was… 03/31/2020 Aimeast
Pakistan Railway Converts Train Cars Into COVID-19 Isolation Units With train service suspended in the country, Pakistan railway officials have begun converting air-conditioned sleeper and business class cars into… 03/31/2020 Aimeast
Taliban Team in Kabul for Afghan Prisoner Swap A Taliban delegation arrived in Kabul Tuesday to monitor the long-delayed release of their 5,000 detainees under a prisoner swap… 03/31/2020 Aimeast
Hong Kong Opposition Politician Charged Over Online Posting An opposition politician in Hong Kong has been arrested over an online post criticizing a policeman who blinded a journalist… 03/31/2020 Aimeast