Brazil coronavirus death toll hits 28,834, surpassing France
BRASILIA
Brazil on Saturday reached 28,834 coronavirus fatalities, authorities said, surpassing hard-hit France and becoming the country with the…
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In virus-hit South Korea, AI monitors lonely elders
SEOUL, South Korea
In a cramped office in eastern Seoul, Hwang Seungwon points a remote control toward a huge NASA-like overhead screen stretching…
Brazil registers fifth highest tally of COVID-19 deaths…
Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
Brazil now has the fifth highest death toll from COVID-19 worldwide, registering over 1,000 deaths in the past 24 hours and…
Quarantine bottlenecks add to woes of returning Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines
When his cruise ship sailed into Manila Bay after weeks of voyaging like a castaway amid port closures set off by the global…
Brazilians say ‘I do’ at drive-thru weddings to…
RIO DE JANEIRO
For João Blank and Erica Blank’s first kiss as husband and wife, they didn’t lock lips. The couple could only press their face masks…
Asia shares fall as US-China tensions douse rally on Wall St
BANGKOK
Shares fell Friday in Asia as investors awaited a news conference about China by President Donald Trump later in the day.
Benchmarks…
Failed Maduro coup leader flew on pro-govt magnate’s…
MIAMI
It was mid-January and Jordan Goudreau was itching to get going on a secret plan to raid Venezuela and arrest President Nicolás Maduro when the…
Asian shares mixed after Wall Street rally; Hong Kong lower
BANGKOK
Asian stocks were mixed after an upbeat open on Thursday, as investors pinned their hopes on an economic rebound from the coronavirus crisis.…
Spike in South Korea virus cases shows perils of reopening
SEOUL, South Korea
As Mediterranean beaches and Las Vegas casinos laid out plans to welcome tourists again, South Korea announced a spike in new…