Still be asked to stop serving food and drinks by 10 00 p. M. The number of confirmed cases in tokyo has been rising in recent days. 22 new infections were reported on friday, but Officials Say they are also considering the impact on the economy and the condition of the local health care system. Another part of the country is also seeing g an increase ofof cases. Officialals are taking steps to reverse the trend. Translator our city is in the middle of a secondnd wave. Well do our utmosost to contai the virus by asking everyone who hahad close contact with t the infected to undergo pcr tests. The southwestern city of kitakyushu confirmed 43 cases in the last 6 days. A Junior High School in the city of nearly 1 million has closed for disinfection after one of the students tested positive. The spread of the virus is even casting a shadow over the annual observance of the atomic bombings. Hiroshima and nagasaki marked 75 years this summer since the attacks. But Authorities Say a tenth or
Officials in beijing say the plan would allow intelligence agencies from the mainland to set up in the territory if needed. But many of the specifics remain unclear. The proposal has brought thousands of protesters into the streets of hong kong again after months of relative calm due to the coronavirus. Concerns are spreading that the proposed legislation would undermine the territorys autonomy. On thursday, one of the leaders of the prodemocracy movement is called on residents to stand up and fight back. I think now is the time we will continue our International Advocacy and seek for bipartisan support. The plan has also provoked international critism, esespeciallyly from the u. S. President donaldld trump has sa he plans to o take action in th coming days. Americican officiaials have als called for the u. N. Security council to meet over the issue. Tensions between the u. S. And china were further inflamed wednesday over the issue of uighurs. The u. S. House of representatives passed
Trillion yen or 100 trillion. Earlrlier at a meeting of Coalition Parties the Prime Minister said it will take considerable time to resume normal daily life while preveventing infection from spreading. We have to take advantage of the fact that tin fex hhe infection subsided. It includes cash handouts of 200,000 yen or 1,800 for Health Care Workers and allocates funding to support the development of drugs and vaccines. Other elements plan to help struggling businesses by covering 2thirds of the rent for six months and increase subsidies for employers. The latest move comes as japan has confirmed more than 16,600 cases of the virus and nearly 870 deaths. So far, 27 new cases have been reported nationwide. A man in his 80s tested positive for the third time. Moving to south korea where Health Authorities are on alert after the sharpest rise in infections in 50 days. Officials said 40 people tested positive on tuesday. The figures nearly double. Most of the new cases were in seoul. We are
Mexico flooding streets and battering buildings. And the Vice President of the mall dives is arrested accused of a plot to assassinate the president. There are signs of significant diplomatic shifts over the war in syria. Russias foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is ready to provide air support to the Free Syrian Army, one of the opposition groups its accused of targeting. Russia wants syria to prepare for elections for the parliament and for the president. Foreign minister lavrov said he and the u. S. Secretary of state have discussed launching a new political process between syrias government and the opposition. The coeditor of jabalia, an online magazine on middle east politics is the former head for the u. N. s special envoy of syria. Now that russia has taken on i military roll, they want to increase political pressure. The americans, russians, saudis and turks held a meeting in vienna the last few days and agreed to reconvene again within a week probably in an expanded fashion inclu
KARACHI: Different parts of Karachi witnessed drizzle on Friday evening as the city braces for monsoon rains after hot summers that kept the entire country sweltering for over a month. Areas adjoining the suburbs of the.