Politics
Taiwan to ease virus border controls to let in some business people
Taiwan will from the start of next week ease border controls put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and ...Flights canceled as Beijing’s new outbreak raises concerns
More than 60% of commercial flights in and out of Beijing have been canceled as the Chinese capital raised its alert level ...India says 20 troops killed in deadliest clash with China in decades
At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese forces along the disputed Himalayan frontier, the Indian army ...Life-saving coronavirus drug has been found
Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a ...North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office near border with South
North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, after days of increasingly virulent rhetoric ...Europe reopens borders but China battles new virus outbreak
A raft of EU nations reopened their borders to fellow Europeans on Monday after months of coronavirus curbs, but China locked down ...Virus more efficient at infection after mutation; diseased lungs more receptive to virus
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments ...Yemen’s rebels: Saudi coalition airstrike kills 13 civilians
An airstrike from the Saudi-led coalition struck a vehicle carrying civilians in northern Yemen on Monday, killing 13 people, including four children, ...EU’s haphazard route to post-lockdown border reopenings
As European countries emerge from their coronavirus lockdowns and lift travel restrictions to revive their tourist industries, the EU has been aiming ...Virus second-wave fears rattle global markets, stocks fall
Fears that a second wave of COVID-19 infections is under way sent jitters across global markets on Monday with stocks and oil ...