Link to article: https://the-japan-ne ws.com/news/article/0007405020 The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority is working on a plan for a process to measure thyroid gland radiation in Japanese residents who are close to the aftermath of a nuclear power plant accident. Those included in the plan will be pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under the age of 18. People in these groups… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-wants-mature-relationship-with-china-foreign-minister-says-2021-05-07/ New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden, declared that the country is finding it harder and harder to reconcile their economic desire to trade with China with their humanitarian desire to protect human rights in light of China’s abuse against the Uyghur people of the Xinjiang region. Reuters spoke with Nanaia Mahunta, New Zealand’s foreign minister who… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57083549 In a shocking move, the United States track and field team has canceled its pre-Olympic training in Japan over the growing concern of the surge in the number of Covid-19 cases. Tokyo is to host the 2020 (2021) Olympic games starting on July 23, 2021 but is now under a state of emergency due to the… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vietnam-bambooairways-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-vietnams-bamboo-airways-plans-to-raise-200-million-in-u-s-ipo-chairman-idUSKBN2C11TB Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways plans to go public in the United States in hopes of making up to $200 million in the initial offering. Their goal is to hopefully secure a market capitalization of up to $4 billion dollars. They plan to offer a 5% to 7% stake in the IPO which is an attempt to expand… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/thailand-reports-daily-record-1335-new-coronavirus-cases-2021-04-14/ Thailand has a new serge of Covid- 19 cases with the largest number of new cases in one day with a total of 1,335 cases making the third record rise this week alone. The spike follows the Songkran new year holidays, and the Thais are being urged to avoid unnecessary travel and reduce gatherings to help… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/philippines-files-new-diplomatic-protests-over-chinese-boats-disputed-waters-2021-04-14/ The Philippine government has filed a protest to China after having over 240 Chinese boats within the Philippine waters. These boats are believed to be manned by militias and are heavily fishing the Philippine waters. The Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin posted on Twitter that the Chinese “really are fishing everything in the water that belongs… Read more »