Physicians and other medical workers in Myanmar who joined a national strike last year to protest the ruling military regime are resisting the junta’s efforts to convince them to return, as the country’s health care system feels the strain of widesprea…
Junta troops have set fire to more than 150 private oil wells over the past two weeks in Myanmar’s Magway region, residents and members of the armed opposition said Friday, destroying the local economy and leaving villagers with no way to earn a living…
China’s economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a “stable recovery” is under way after businesses reopene…
The British government said Friday that everyone 50 or older will be offered a fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine in the fall, lowering the age threshold from the previously announced 65.The Department of Health said it had accepted advice from the U.K…
