Asia

'It didn't have to be this way': WHO chief laments 4 million COVID-19 deaths

Jul 11, 2021 04:44

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 09:22

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 04:25

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."
Migratory birds aid redistribution of plants to new climates

Jul 04, 2021 04:13

Birds that travel long distances can disperse seeds far and wide. An assessment of the timing and direction of European bird migration reveals how these patterns might affect seed dispersal as the planet warms.
Robots may soon be able to reproduce - will this change how we think about evolution?

Jun 23, 2021 09:43

A team of researchers from the UK and the Netherlands have recently demonstrated a fully automated technology to allow physical robots to repeatedly breed, evolving their artificial genetic code over time to better adapt to their environment.
US admins promoting hate crimes against Asian-Americans

Jun 20, 2021 04:15

Speaking in an interview William Jones, journalist and political commentator said: "The hate crimes against Asian-Americans has no doubt been promoted by the tremendous anti-China bias exhibited by both the Trump and now the Biden administrations."
Delta variant of COVID spreading rapidly and detected in 74 countries

Jun 18, 2021 04:26

While health authorities around the world are collecting and sharing data on the spread of the new coronavirus variant, the fear is that in countries in the developing world with less robust monitoring systems, the Delta variant may already have spread much further than has been reported.
Rich countries urged to come up with detailed plans to cut emissions

Jun 17, 2021 04:56

The G7 summit, which ended on Sunday June 13 in Cornwall, achieved much less than campaigners had hoped, with no significant new cash forthcoming for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, on the frontlines of climate breakdown.
China moves forward in soft power struggle for SE Asia

Jun 14, 2021 11:11

China has made inroads with its “win-win” Belt and Road Initiative, despite US warnings of debt traps, environmental damage and coercion. Its COVID diplomacy – donating vaccines and even partnering with Indonesia to produce more – has also been far superior to that of the US, which – by necessity – has been focused on getting its own house in order.
Study warns that Arctic has been warming 3 times faster than rest of Earth

May 23, 2021 05:01

Over the past five decades, the Arctic has warmed three times faster than the world as a whole, leading to rapid and widespread melting of ice and other far-reaching consequences that are important not only to local communities and ecosystems but to the fate of life on planet Earth.