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[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has pointed to the possibility of holding snap elections if he becomes the country’s next prime minister, the Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday (September 8). Suga, one of the favorites to succeed the acting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, also emphasized Japan’s determination …

[ad_1] Human rights defenders and critics warned of what they called “increasingly aggressive” police tactics in Hong Kong after an officer accosted a 12-year-old girl and pinned her down during anti-government protests on Sunday. Although the girl was not among the nearly 300 people arrested that day, images of her …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Monday (September 7) that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready in October, vowing it would be “very safe and very effective.” This is a promise that Trump has repeatedly made. But the American public remains deeply skeptical of the claim, and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Three locations at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were added to the list of public places visited by COVID-19 cases in the community during its infectious period, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday (September 8). Two of NTU’s locations are restaurants in the university’s North Spine Plaza: the food …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: The Australian state at the center of the country’s second wave COVID-19 outbreak is deepening its contact tracing program to try to maintain a steady decline in daily new cases, amid criticism for its handling of the crisis . The state of Victoria, home to a quarter of …

[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Tuesday called for an alliance of democracies to defend against “aggressive actions” and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. as great threats to regional stability. China, which claims democracy in Taiwan as …

[ad_1] SEOUL: Thousands of doctors-in-training in South Korea returned to work on Tuesday (Sept. 8) after ending a more than two-week strike as the country continued to post triple-digit increases in daily new coronavirus infections. The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 136 new cases as of …

[ad_1] BEIJING – China is the first major economy to resume growth since the coronavirus outbreak wreaked havoc around the world and is paving the way for Covid-19 control and economic recovery, said on Tuesday (September 8) the President Xi Jinping, at his finest. extensive comments on the pandemic yet. …

[ad_1] As one of Asia’s biggest Mandopop stars, Stefanie Sun has spent the last 20 years of her life under the intense glare of the regional spotlight. In exchange for success and fame, she also had to pay a substantial price. In a recent interview with local Chinese magazine PIN …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Nanyang Technological University (NTU) was visited by at least one infectious coronavirus patient, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced on Tuesday (September 8). Three university locations were added to a list of patients visited by coronavirus patients while they were infectious. They are: Quad Cafe at NTU’s …