Asia

Russia draws a red line for US in Central Asia

Oct 18, 2021 17:33

The Pentagon’s much-touted plan for staging 'out-of-horizon' operations in Afghanistan appears to be a pipe dream.
UN experts denounce 'truly shocking' magnitude of inequality revealed by pandemic

Oct 03, 2021 09:42

United Nations human rights officials recently decried the "truly shocking" levels of inequality that have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic—from the unequal availability of vaccines to increases in food and housing insecurity across the globe.
Insects are vanishing from our planet at an alarming rate. But there are ways to help them

Sep 24, 2021 09:53

In Germany, flying insects have declined by 76% in 26 years. In the UK, common butterfly populations have fallen by 46% since 1976. We should be alarmed by this insect apocalypse.
AUKUS sub deal puts ASEAN on nuclear edge

Sep 22, 2021 09:36

Region is concerned that Australia is well on the way to acquiring nuclear weapons with US and UK assistance.
Research finds animals ‘shapeshifting’ in response to climate crisis

Sep 13, 2021 15:24

Warm-blooded animals are changing beaks, legs and ears to adapt to hotter climate and better regulate temperature.
First ancient human DNA found from key Asian migration route

Sep 01, 2021 08:47

The 7,000-year-old skeleton of a teenage hunter-gatherer from Sulawesi in Indonesia could be the first remains found from a mysterious, ancient culture known as the Toaleans. Sulawesi has some of the world’s oldest cave art, but ancient human remains have been scarce — now a fossil with DNA hints at a mysterious lineage of people.
Why herd immunity isn’t going to happen?

Aug 09, 2021 15:26

We are going to have to be comfortable with the idea that COVID-19 will be one of the many viruses that circulate.
'It didn't have to be this way': WHO chief laments 4 million COVID-19 deaths

Jul 11, 2021 09:14

The official global death toll from COVID-19 hit 4 million on Wednesday, July 7th —a "tragic milestone," said the World Health Organization chief as he blasted "vaccine nationalism" as a "morally indefensible" position.
Why living with COVID would not be the same as flu?

Jul 07, 2021 13:52

Researchers say coronavirus is more contagious and more lethal than influenza, and we lack the same global protection mechanism.
Highly contagious Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid

Jul 04, 2021 08:55

Chun Eun-mi, a respiratory disease specialist at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul said "The Delta variant of coronavirus is a strain that is most optimized for widespread transmissions."