Why Did Hong Kong Delay Its Election — by a Year?
ImageMembers of the Civic Party at a news conference in Hong Kong on Thursday after 12 candidates were barred from running in the legislative election in...
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What America’s Coronavirus Response Looks Like Abroad
Video transcript Back transcript ‘That’s Ridiculous.’ How America’s Coronavirus Response Looks Abroad. From lockdowns to testing, we showed people from around the world the facts...
In Singapore, an Orderly Election and a (Somewhat) Surprising Result
Face-masked citizens lined up to vote in Singapore on Friday, with plenty of space separating them from each other. Their temperatures had been checked. Before...
Singapore Calls for Elections Despite Covid Pandemic
BANGKOK — Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore announced on Tuesday that the city-state would hold the first elections in Southeast Asia since the...
How Do I Apologize for Outing My Brother?
Op-Docs “I was young and in denial of my own sexuality.” Video transcript Back 0:00/15:11 transcript Forgiveness Day “I was young and in denial of...
Chinese Tech Group Behind TikTok Looks to Enter Finance
ByteDance, the Beijing-based multinational tech group behind Tiktok, is looking into adding banking to its line of products and services. It is currently bidding for...
Amid a Pandemic, ‘Batman’ Matters More Than Ever
SINGAPORE — The bat is considered lucky in China; the words for bat and good fortune sound alike in Chinese. But Wang Linfa didn’t give...
Stop the Coronavirus Superspreaders
HONG KONG — You must have heard about some of these outbreaks; they’re almost emblematic of the Covid-19 pandemic by now: that megachurch in South...
A Virus-Hunter Falls Prey to a Virus He Underestimated
“This is the revenge of the viruses,” said Dr. Peter Piot, the director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “I’ve made their...
Scientists predict exact date they think the UK will be coronavirus-free
Scientists believe the UK could be free of Covid-19 by the end of August (Picture: Reuters) Scientists have predicted the exact date they think the...