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Business
“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 is to curb the potential COVID-19 cross transmissions when rice from charitable organizations is distributed in person, Vietnam Times reports.…
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Society
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 Region in the eastern part of the Czech historical region of Bohemia said they were called to a lake around…
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Business
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 most popular cherry blossom sites, as access to the park was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. “It is just…
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Society
Turkmenistan dismisses COVID-19, celebrates health with great fanfare
ASHGABAT: With more than three billion people across the world, half of the globe population, are in lockdown as their countries fervently combat coronavirus (COVID-19), Turkmenistan is celebrating life in public with great fanfare, especially that it had not reported any infection. As the world marked the World Health Day…
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East Asia
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 against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), every one should take on their responsibilities as the exacerbating pandemic has already put…
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Business
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 services after the city was locked down on Jan 23 in an effort to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak. “I…
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Society
No Ramadan bazaars in several states across Malaysia this year
KOTA KINABALU: The government of Sabah, the second largest of the 13 states of Malaysia, will not hold the traditional Ramadan bazaars this year in additional efforts to curb the COVID-19 outbreak. It is likely to join several other Malaysian states, including Kedah, Selangor, Terengganu and Melaka,that earlier this week have…
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Politics
South Korea to allocate Kyrgyzstan $50,000 to combat coronavirus
BISHKEK: Korea will allocate Kyrgyzstan $50,000 to combat coronavirus, the South Korean embassy in Kyrgyzstan reported. “In connection with an increase in cases of coronavirus infection in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Korean Government, aware of the lack of medical equipment and the need to improve medical services to combat coronavirus…
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East Asia
Coronavirus Letter To Humanity
Manila: In an ode, Letter To Humanity, that has been widely circulated on social media, Vivienne R Reich eloquently scolds humanity for its “non-stop wars, non-stop greed” and for stubbornly refusing to be humble enough to listen to the earth’s whispers, speeches and screams. Powerfully capturing the profound dilemma and…
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East Asia
Bahrain, U.S. confronting COVID-19 together: U.S. ambassador
Manama: U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain has expressed confidence that the cooperation and trust developed between Bahrainis and Americans over 100 years will help them through the current challenges of COVID-19 together. In an OpEd, Justin Siberell said that Americans and Bahrainis have been working together to combat epidemics for more…
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