Beijing, Dec 18, 2020 — China’s ruling Communist Party called Friday for faster technology development to increase the country’s economic independence amid tensions with...

Japan picks the kanji character for “dense” to define coronavirus year

December 14, 2020

Tokyo, Dec 14, 2020 - Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting...

Hundreds line up to vote in Georgia elections that will set control of U.S. Senate

December 14, 2020

Marietta, Dec 14, 2020 -Hundreds of people lined up in a cold rain on Monday to cast ballots in a pair of U.S. Senate...

Japan picks the kanji character for “dense” to define coronavirus year

December 14, 2020

Tokyo, Dec 14, 2020 - Japan on Monday selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting...

Call for mass testing in South Korea amid rising third wave of virus

December 9, 2020

Seoul, Dec 9, 2020 - The governor of South Korea’s most populous province called for mass testing for coronavirus on Wednesday, as daily new...

In Singapore, a very different Davos takes shape

December 8, 2020

Singapore, Dec 8, 2020 - It’s not only the weather that might come as a shock when the World Economic Forum moves from Davos,...

As U.S. COVID-19 deaths shatter records, leaders plead for more mask-wearing

December 4, 2020

Washington DC, Dec 4, 2020 - U.S. leaders urgently called on Americans to wear masks and threatened even more drastic stay-at-home orders after deaths...