China’s Huawei Warns More US Pressure May Spur Retaliation Huawei's chairman warned Tuesday that more U.S. moves to increase pressure on the Chinese tech giant might trigger retaliation by… 03/31/2020 Aimeast
Singapore’s High Court Dismisses Bid to Overturn Criminalizing Gay Sex Asia’s LGBTQ+ community suffered a setback Monday after Singapore’s high court dismissed multiple challenges to overturn a colonial law criminalizing… 03/31/2020 Aimeast
Yemeni-American Poet Threa Almontaser Wins Whitman Award The Yemeni-American poet Threa Almontaser has won the Walt Whitman Award for best first book. Almontaser's "The Wild Fox of… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
Popular Japanese Comedian Dies from Coronavirus Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who drew inspiration from the American comedic icon Jerry Lewis, has died from the coronavirus,… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
Taliban Attacks Kill 21 Afghan Forces Officials in Afghanistan said Monday at least 21 security forces have died in the latest Taliban attacks, and a planned prisoner swap… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
Kyrgyzstan Cancer Patients Make Face Masks to Fight COVID-19 A group of cancer patients in Kyrgyzstan is working to meet the demand for protective surgical masks while earning funds… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
S. Korea to Offer Emergency Payments to Help Ease Impact of COVID-19 South Korea says it will make emergency cash payments to many of its citizens as part of efforts to boost its economy in the… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
Tokyo Olympic Head Expects Call from IOC’s Bach on New Date Tokyo Olympic organizers expect to talk with IOC President Thomas Bach this week about potential dates for next year's rescheduled… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
25 Indian Family Members Contract COVID-19 Twenty-five members of an Indian family from Sangli in Maharashtra have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a Press Trust of India report. The account… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
Discovery of Unusual Natural Gas Sharpens China’s Maritime Sovereignty Claims Repeated discoveries of an obscure, offshore natural gas known as flammable ice will bolster Chinese claims to a sea that’s contested… 03/30/2020 Aimeast
N. Korea Says it Conducted Successful Test of Multiple Rocket Launchers North Korea's latest test of super-large multiple rocket launchers a day earlier was a success, state media said Monday.North Korea… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
Coronavirus Tolls Increase Across the Globe Coronavirus infections and deaths continue to creep up as the virus makes its way around the world. There were over… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
Kabul Criticizes Taliban for Rejecting Government Teams for Peace Talks The Afghan government has criticized the Taliban for rejecting Kabul's negotiating team for upcoming intra-Afghan peace talks aimed at ending… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
Thailand Faces Record Drought For some Thais who are turning on their faucets this month, what they are getting in return is a stream… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
Manila: 8 Dead in Medevac Plane Explosion A medical evacuation plane headed from the Philippines to Japan burst into flames Sunday at the end of the runway… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
British PM: Things Will Get Worse Before They Get Better “We know things will get worse before they get better,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says in a letter being… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
Experts Doubt Low Coronavirus Counts of Some Southeast Asian Countries Health experts say the low Covid-19 case numbers some Southeast Asian countries are reporting — some still in the single… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
Wuhan Resumes Train Service Following Lockdown Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus epidemic emerged in December, resumed train services Saturday after months of lockdown.Authorities reduced the city’s… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
COVID-19 Crisis Could Cost Australia 1 Million Jobs; Government Responds with Stimulus Australia has announced multimillion-dollar measures to boost mental health and emergency food services during the COVID-19 crisis. The government will… 03/29/2020 Aimeast
N. Korea Has Record Month for Missile Launches, With Global Focus on Coronavirus North Korea has conducted another missile test, sending a fresh signal it will not stop developing weapons even amid a… 03/29/2020 Aimeast