Tag: East Asia
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
<p>TOKYO — Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic...
Biden to join NATO leaders at June 14 summit in Brussels
<p>BRUSSELS — U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders of NATO member countries plan to discuss tense ties with Russia and China, the troop...
Search for Indonesia submarine focuses on oil slick off Bali
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The search for a missing Indonesian submarine on Thursday focused around an oil slick north of the resort island of Bali...
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and...
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic...
With Europe’s economy lagging, ECB to keep stimulus running
<p>FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank is expected to signal Thursday that even if inflation rises later this year it won't consider cutting...
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and...
Dave Wallace to be Mike Scioscia’s Olympic pitching coach
<p>CARY, N.C. — Dave Wallace will be Mike Scioscia's pitching coach when the U.S. manager tries to qualify his team for the Olympic baseball...
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
WASHINGTON — It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever-worsening global warming in a...
UK lawmakers pass motion saying China committing genocide
<p>LONDON — British lawmakers on Thursday approved a parliamentary motion declaring that China's policies against its Uyghur minority population in the far western Xinjiang...