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World Mental Health Day 2020 – But Will Taiwan Even Notice?
October 10th is a date that will be familiar to almost all…
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COVID Pandemic Could Increase Stillbirth Number By 200,000
In an announcement Thursday, the United Nations warned that the current rate…
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Online Learning In COVID-era Receives Major Boost
With growing emphasis on virtual learning, online program enablement is more important…
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Thailand Ministry To Cut COVID Quarantine Times
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has suggested cutting the current quarantine period of…
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Japan To Lift COVID Quarantine Requirement For Some Visitors
In its latest bid to breathe life into a COVID-ravaged economy, the…
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AirAsia Leaves Japan Market – For Good
AirAsia Japan, a low-cost airline funded by AirAsia and online retailing company…
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Wagons Circling Against China As Pompeo Visits Tokyo
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday used his time in…
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Pompeo To Visit Japan & South Korea, China To Be Ignored
Speaking Friday in the U.S., Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau…
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President Trump and First Lady Test Positive For COVID-19
U.S. President Donald Trump has said he, and his wife, U.S. First…
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Spanish Capital Madrid’s 6.5 Million Under COVID Lockdown
The Spanish capital Madrid has been placed under lockdown as a result…
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New Zealand PM Admits To Cannabis Use, Once Being Mormon
The Prime Minister of New Zealand has admitted to cannabis use in…
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COVID Death Count Tops One Million, Could Double: WHO
The global death count from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has now passed…
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COVID Forces Closure Of 35,000 Japanese Companies
Over 35,000 companies in Japan have had to close or go into…
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Singapore Population Down As Some Foreign Resident Numbers Decline
Singapore’s population dipped by 0.3 per cent over the last 12 months…
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Indonesian Health Care System In Danger Of Complete Collapse
Indonesia’s national health system is in real danger of a complete collapse…
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No Thanksgiving This Year For Canadians PM Trudeau Says – Christmas….??
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned Canadians that they will not…
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US COVID Death Toll Climbs Past 200,000, Trump Gives Himself A+
Deaths directly attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. have now…
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Air New Zealand Grounds Entire Boeing 777 Fleet As Domestic Routes Open Up
Air New Zealand has announced it will ground its entire Boeing 777…
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New Zealand Ends COVID Restrictions Outside Auckland
New Zealand has ended all COVID-19 restrictions outside the city of Auckland.…
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Singapore Airlines Axes 4300 Jobs, First Cuts Since SARS Outbreak
Singapore Airlines has announced plans to lay off 20% of its staff,…
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Thailand’s PM Warns Of COVID Risk If Anti-Govt Rally Goes Ahead
Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday warned that a planned anti-government…
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COVID Vaccine Being Snapped Up By Wealthier Nations
Some of the world’s wealthier nations, numerically making up just a small…
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UK COVID Vaccine Trials Resume, Others Remain On Hold
Trials on the Swedish-British company AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine have…
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Japan Loans 50 Billion Yen To Philippines In Post-COVID Aid
Japan is to loan around 50 billion yen (24 billion Philippine pesos)…