Asia & Pacific

U.S. 09/13/21, 15:32

North Korean state media on Monday, Sept. 13, said its government successfully tested its new long-range cruise missile over the weekend.  According to Reuters, the weapon was capable of traveling up to 930 miles (1,500km), the official KCNA news agency said. It hit the targets and fell into the country's territorial ...

D.C. 09/13/21, 03:25

Organ harvesting atrocities in mainland China can impact anyone, international experts have warned. Thirty-five experts, parliamentarians, and witnesses from 19 countries will expose the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) industrial-scale butchering to sell human body parts for profit. Billed to be a world-first in medical ethics and human rights in both breadth and ...

News 09/09/21, 00:01

A potential outbreak with a lethal virus is emerging in India, but it is no COVID-19. Rallying from the worst strike of the Delta variant that once made it an epicenter of COVID-19, health officials are on the lookout for Nipah, a rare virus first discovered in the late 1990s and ...

News 09/08/21, 06:48

A third person had died in Japan after being administered with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine that came from one of the recalled contaminated batches, Japan authorities confirmed Monday, Sept. 6.  The man, 49, died on August 12 after receiving his second shot a day prior, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor ...

Asia & Pacific 09/06/21, 23:06

Chinese forces once again invaded Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sept. 5. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense Affairs reported the Chinese regime penetrated the southwest corner of the ADIZ, north of the disputed Pratas Island. The arsenal included 10 J-16 multirole fighters, four H-6 bombers (which can carry nuclear weapons), ...

Asia & Pacific 09/04/21, 20:43

Almost five million people visited Bali each year before the COVID outbreak, but the pandemic has reduced visitor numbers. In addition, it has left the local macaques monkeys without as much food as they expect, forcing them to raid locals' homes for food.Villagers in Sangeh are forking out a daily ...

News 09/04/21, 00:19

On the first day of September, Japan reported the arrival of the Mu COVID-19 strain in its country.   The Mu variant, also known as B.1.621, was categorized into the World Health Organization (WHO)’s list of “variants of interest” on Aug. 30. Japan’s health ministry announced there were two patients infected with the ...

Politics 09/03/21, 17:54

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, on Friday, Sept. 3, announced he is stepping down from his post over the struggle to control the new COVID-19 wave in the country. According to the Financial Times, Suga said he would not participate in the Liberal Democratic party's leadership race this September, ahead of ...

Middle East 09/02/21, 17:30

The conflict between the Afghan resistance group in Panjshir valley and the Taliban erupted again, resulting in damages claimed by both sides on Thursday, September 2. After several attempts to attack the last province resisting its rule since the fall of Kabul in Panjshir valley, the Taliban on Wednesday surrounded the ...

News 09/02/21, 05:23

 Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in northern India, reports fatalities from a new fever that emerged over the week. Most of the cases were among children. According to the BBC, more than 40 children and a dozen adults perished in just a week after contracting the fever.  Aside from body sweat from ...

News 09/02/21, 03:46

On Tuesday, August 31, Japan announced more batches of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were suspended over the detection of contaminants, making it the fourth time in a week for such incidents. According to Reuters, the new Moderna vial incident was reported by a pharmacist in Kanagawa, a coastal prefecture residing south of ...

News 08/31/21, 15:57

Japanese authorities announced the suspension of another one million doses of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Moderna vaccines after growing concerns about contaminated batches in different regions of the Asian country.  According to Reuters, two regions in Japan announced the temporary suspension of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday after "foreign substances" ...

Asia & Pacific 08/31/21, 15:51

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) denounced that the nuclear plant in Yongbyon, North Korea, used to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, registers activity since July 2021. "Since early July 2021, there have been indications, including the discharge of cooling water, consistent with the operation," the UN agency's annual report said. The ...

Middle East 08/30/21, 16:39

The Taliban quickly repurposed an abandoned aircraft to dangle a person in a public show of dominance on Aug. 30. The militant group used a U.S.-made helicopter to publicly hang a civilian above Kandahar, 497 kilometers (309 miles) southwest of Kabul. "Taliban using newly acquired American Blackhawk helicopters to hang people," Loud ...

News 08/30/21, 15:47

Two people died with similar symptoms after receiving their first dose of the Covishield vaccine, triggering an inquiry in Kerala, India. Covishield is the India-made version of AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria jab, which has been authorized in the EU. The victims are Mahima Mathew, 31, a pregnant woman and a native of Kanjirappally in Kottayam, and ...

Asia & Pacific 08/30/21, 03:50

Two days after Japan announced the suspension of 1.6 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines due to contamination reports, the country accounted for two deaths from Moderna recipients on Saturday, Aug. 28.  Japan's health ministry revealed that the two patients in their 30s died days after receiving one of the Moderna shots belonging ...