Category Archives: Health
Protesters mark Philippine president’s last year in power
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Left-wing activists and relatives of people killed in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign marked the start of his last year in office Wednesday with a noisy protest and a “countdown toward achieving just...
Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that an incident involving a British destroyer in the Black Sea couldn't have triggered a global conflict even if Russia had sunk the warship because the West knows it can't win
German unemployment drops as COVID infections decline
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's unemployment rate declined to 5.7% in June as Europe's biggest economy benefits from a sharp decline in coronavirus infections, official data showed Wednesday.
EU chair Slovenia to stay on liberal course, president says
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's president rejected in an interview Wednesday that the increasingly autocratic policies of the country's prime minister could hurt its upcoming European Union presidency, saying the small Alpine state will stay on i...
2 Australian states urge against under 40s taking AZ vaccine
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Queensland and Western Australia state governments on Wednesday advised people under age 40 not to take the AstraZeneca vaccine because of the risk of a rare blood clotting disorder, despite the Australian government maki...
Stocks open mixed as market heads for a 5th quarterly gain
BANGKOK — Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as traders wait for the latest U.S. monthly jobs report due out Friday. The S&P 500 was little changed in the early going Wednesday. The benchmark index is
Hong Kong freedoms fade as security law muzzles dissent
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is still China’s wealthiest, most capitalist city. Its vistas of skyscrapers and sea framed by dragon-backed emerald peaks are as stunning as ever. But a year after Beijing imposed a harsh national security law
Variant surge at border forces Bangladesh into new lockdown
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — In a state-run hospital near Bangladesh's border with India, Shahinul Islam prays his father does not become one of the facility's more than 300 patients who've died this month from the coronavirus.
A traveler’s checklist for Thailand’s Phuket sandbox program
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Starting Thursday, Thailand will welcome back international visitors — as long as they are vaccinated — to its famous southern resort island of Phuket without having to be cooped up in a hotel room for a
Thailand bets on ‘Phuket sandbox’ program to save tourism
PHUKET, Thailand (AP) — Somsak Betlao covered the outboard motor on his traditional wooden longtail boat with a tarp, wrapping up another day on Phuket’s Patong beach where not a single tourist needed his services shuttling them to nearby islands.
