Tag: coronavirus
Will COVID-19 change South Korea’s Chuseok holidays?
SEOUL: Every autumn, Gu Mi-hoi gathers with her siblings and their families at her mother’s house to celebrate the Chuseok fall harvest holiday. They cook delicacies like “jeon” – meat, […]
Time to be humbler, more human as we deal with coronavirus fallout
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: A Tunisian superstar has called on people to draw lessons from the coronavirus tragedy that has befallen the world to engage in introspection, work on ways […]
“Rice ATM” launched in Vietnam to help the needy amid coronavirus pandemic
HO CHI MINH CITY: A Vietnamese entrepreneur has invented an automatic rice dispenser, a “Rice ATM”, that offer the needy free rice 24 hours a day. Hoang Tuan Anh’s expectation […]
Sunbathers ordered to wear facemasks in fight against coronavirus
Pardubice: Police officers in the Czech Republic have told nudists that they must abide by government regulations and wear facemasks even when they are sunbathing naked. Officers in the Pardubice […]
South Koreans go for video tours, drive-thru viewing, flower delivery to savor spring blossoms amid pandemic
SEOUL: Lee Ga-ram, 37, was forced to give up her decade-long annual ritual of having a picture taken of herself in the same spot at Seokchon Lake, one of Seoul’s […]
COVID-19 infections in Africa represent 0.71% of world figure
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Only two of the 54 countries making up the African continent are virus-free: Comoros and Lesotho. The African countries have so far 11,440 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing […]
Confronting racism amid COVID-19 pandemic is ethical duty
People’s Daily Beijing: A civilized society must have its bottom line, and that is why there is no time to delay uprooting racism from the earth. In the global fight […]
WUHAN: United front puts city on road to recovery
By Wang Xiaodong China Daily Workers face range of challenges during outbreak WUHAN: Hua Yuchen, a music teacher in Wuhan, Hubei province, was one of the first to volunteer her […]
Prime minister praises Mongolians’ resilience, announces MNT 5.1 trillion plan to combat COVID-19
By Tuul Chuluunbaatar ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA: After an extraordinary meeting of the Government of Mongolia, Prime Minister Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh made a statement on the measures to be taken by the Government […]
Satanic Viruses
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid President of Asia Journalists Association (AJA) CAIRO: As the whole world is combating coronavirus, the destructive virus of modern times, Egyptians, both authorities and people, are persuading […]