TOKYO (Reuters) – As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders, critics are asking, “Where’s Abe?”Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listens to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, February 25, 2020. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool via REUTERS Shinzo Abe, 65, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, has failed to take… Read more »
“I want to leave and be with my husband,” read the handwritten sign, held up to the camera and posted on Twitter in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Its author – Nadila Wumaier, a member of China’s Uighur Muslim minority – is reportedly under house arrest in China’s western Xinjiang region with her two-year-old son. She wanted her message… Read more »
TOKYO Desperate to protect themselves against the coronavirus that is sweeping parts of the planet, but unable to buy face masks due to shortages, people in Japan are going to unusual lengths with DIY solutions. While fearful Chinese people are forced into some extreme, if strange, measures such as using fruit skins, plastic bottles, sanitary pads, and even bras as… Read more »
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand’s government said on Sunday (Feb 23) it will introduce laws banning all advertisements of e-cigarettes and the sale of such products to people under 18 in a move to regulate a market that has been under pressure globally. A string of vaping-related deaths and illnesses tied to e-cigarettes, which allow users to inhale nicotine vapour, often… Read more »