Asia

Five Global Elections Set to Rock the World in 2022

As the world prepares for the departure of an especially tumultuous year in global politics, some of the world’s most influential countries are preparing for elections that may dramatically shift domestic politics and foreign policy, depending on how voters swing.

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attend a meet

NZ Study: Airborne Transmission ‘Most Plausible Explanation’ After 3 People Across Hall from Quarantined Traveler Contract Coronavirus

A draft of a CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases research paper says “airborne transmission” is “the most plausible explanation” for a case of three people in New Zealand contracting the Delta variant of the Wuhan coronavirus — pinpointing a quarantined traveler across the hall, who had no contact with them, as the likely source of their infections.

A housekeeper walks along the corridor of guests rooms at the Connect@Changi, billed as th

Russia Orders Netflix to Stream State Television Broadcasts

Russian media regulatory agency Roskomnadzor said on Tuesday that beginning in March 2022, American streaming service Netflix will be required to include Russian state media broadcasts and obey various authoritarian media laws, including a ban on anything classified as “extremism.” The Russian government considers virtually all criticism of itself to be “extreme.”

In this photo illustration a computer screen and mobile phone display the Netflix logo on

China Bans Rural Workers from Holiday Visits to Family amid Coronavirus Surge

The Chinese government on Sunday ordered rural migrant workers in Shaanxi province not to make their traditional annual visits to family during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival holidays. The restrictions were part of a growing atmosphere of panic around the coronavirus outbreak in Shaanxi’s capital of Xi’an, even as the Chinese Communist regime insists a mere handful of cases have been detected.

Women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk under red lantern