TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus cases surge in...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travellers from China provide a negative COVID-19 test before arrival, citing a “lack of...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — EU countries will meet next week to discuss a joint response to travellers from China amid concern over the country’s explosion of COVID...
BEIJING, CHINA — President Xi Jinping said Saturday the “light of hope is right in front of us” as China faces an explosion of COVID-19 cases...
OTTAWA, CANADA — Canada said Saturday it would require travellers arriving from China to show a negative COVID-19 test, following similar moves by the United States...
RABAT, MOROCCO — Morocco said Saturday it will ban entry to all travellers from China, where cases of COVID-19 have exploded. Other nations, including France, Britain...
BANGKOK, THAILAND — The political party headed by jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned her latest sentence and said on Saturday it would continue...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The UK will require travellers from China to show a negative COVID-19 test before boarding, the government said Friday, expressing concern about...
by Ella Ide VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE — Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pope to resign since the Middle Ages...
by Ella Ide VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE — For the first time in modern history, a sitting pope will preside over his predecessor’s funeral next week,...
