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Taiwan's Foreign Affairs leader Joseph Wu speaks during an interview in Taipei, Taiwan November 6, 2019 - PHOTO: REUTERS TAIPEI (REUTERS) - Taiwan's top Foreign Affairs leader Joseph Wu extended a personal invitation on Saturday for three major U.S. newspapers to station on the island their China-based journalists whose expulsion Beijing has announced. … [Read more...] about Taiwan official invites U.S. reporters expelled by China

Head of Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Yuri Ganus speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia December 9, 2019 - PHOTO: REUTERS MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said it was temporarily halting all testing in response to government measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. … [Read more...] about Russian agency halts doping tests amid coronavirus outbreak

Some might be sceptical about the results as English is not a strength of students in Việt Nam’s rural areas. In the past, students in remote disadvantaged areas even took alternative subjects like history or geography instead of English in their high school graduation exams. … [Read more...] about Teacher brings borderless classroom to ethnic students

Local people in Ea Trul commune, Krong Bong district, Dak Lak province have been waiting patiently for rain for the last 6 months. However, their patience is running low as the rice fields have been seriously damaged. With no other choice, farmers have let cattle consume the crop. Some households have even lost the winter-spring crop.Daklak are being affected by drought. The province has urged localities to research and evaluate the actual water level in each lake and reservoir as well as underground water sources. This is intended to form a suitable plan to reduce economic losses caused by the prolonged drought./. … [Read more...] about Dry spell puts Daklak farmers under pressure

Hanoi (VNA) - Thailand on March 28 reported 109 new COVID-19 cases and one death, bringing the total to 1,245 infections and six deaths. A day earlier, the Thai government ordered the closure of more public facilities and businesses to curb the spread of COVID-19, and has extended the existing closures until the end of April. The southern provinces of Narathiwat and Pattani are in lockdown while several other provinces have issued orders to restrict the opening and closing times of 24-hour convenience stores. Also on March 28, the Cambodian Health Ministry announced four more infection cases, raising the total to 102, with 13 of them fully recovered. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, the government is drafting regulations allowing localities to impose lock-downs in case more infection cases are discovered. Speaking at an online interview on March 27, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud Mohammad said supermarkets and convenience stores could … [Read more...] about Thailand, Cambodia announce new COVID-19 cases