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Asia Today: S. Korea sees virus jump, urges more vigilance
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ??" South Korea reported 103 new virus cases Friday, one of its biggest daily jumps in months, as officials express concerned that infections are getting out of control in cities as people increasingly venture out in public.Eighty-three of the new cases were from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where health authorities have struggled to stem transmissions from various sources and groups, including churches, nursing homes, schools and workers. Infections were also reported in other major cities such as Busan, Gwangju and Ulsan.
North Korea lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, virus aid
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ??" North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lifted a lockdown in a major city near the border with South Korea where thousands had been quarantined for weeks over coronavirus worries, state media said Friday.But Kim during a ruling party meeting on Thursday also insisted the North will keep its borders shut and rejected any outside help as the country carries out an aggressive anti-virus campaign and rebuilds thousands of houses, roads and bridges damaged by heavy rain and floods in recent weeks.
Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency also said... Read More
75 years later, Japan war orphans tell of pain, recovery
TOKYO (AP) ??" For years, orphans in Japan were punished just for surviving the war.They were bullied. They were called trash and left to fend for themselves on the street. Police rounded them up and threw them in jail. They were sent to orphanages or sold for labor. They were abandoned by their government, abused and discriminated against.
Now, 75 years after the end of the Pacific War, some have broken decades of silence to describe for a fast-forgetting world their sagas of recovery, survival, suffering ??" and their calls for justice.
The stories told to... Read More
Officials: U.S. seizes Iranian gas heading for Venezuela
MIAMI (AP) ??" The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was targeting for transporting Iranian fuel to Venezuela, U.S. officials said Thursday, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies.Last month, federal prosecutors in Washington filed a civil forfeiture complaint alleging that the sale was arranged by a businessman, Mahmoud Madanipour, with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. At the time, sanctions experts thought it would be impossible to enforce... Read More
Bolivia's political crisis threatens hospitals and patients
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ??" Hooked up to ventilators, 11 prematurely born infants struggled for survival Thursday in the intensive care ward of a Bolivian maternity hospital.The babies' supply of oxygen is in peril, doctors say, because of nationwide blockades by supporters of the party of former President Evo Morales who object to the recent postponement of elections. Bolivia's political crisis adds to the burden on its health care system, which was already grappling with the coronavirus as it continues to spread across one of Latin America's poorest countries.
Street... Read More
Top Stories in International News
- Asia Today: S. Korea sees virus jump, urges more vigilance
- North Korea lifts lockdown in city, rejects flood, virus aid
- 75 years later, Japan war orphans tell of pain, recovery
- Officials: U.S. seizes Iranian gas heading for Venezuela
- Bolivia's political crisis threatens hospitals and patients
- UAE and Israel to establish full diplomatic ties
- Virus exposes economic, racial divide in French health care
- US official says FBI joining Beirut explosion investigation
- Grounded ship emptied of oil, but heavy damage for Mauritius
- Thousands in Belarus form 'lines of solidarity' in protest
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