The milestone comes as officials caution there may be a possible shortage of hospital beds for covid19 patients. The Health Ministry released data on wednesday showing that tokyo and the prefectures of aomori, fukushima and okinawa hit stage three on hospital bed availability. That is the second most serious stage. It means major problems could arise in the medical system. The numbers were current as of october 20th. Officials in fukushima said later they had enough beds as of tuesday. In another troubling sign, the Positivity Rate for pcr tests in aomori hit 10. 7 pour the week through october 18th. Translator the situation is different prefture to prefecture, but it appears the number of new cases is steadily increasing in some areas, so we have to be on our toes. The pad is also affected myanmars general election. Citizens aged 60 and over can vote early to reduce the risk of infection. One w did that is the countrys de facto leader awning sung suu kyi who is 75. She went thursday t
I am sorry about that entrance. I wasnt doing it for theatrics but i do have a brandnew hip. [laughter] [applause] i love it. But the rest of the body hasnt caught up yet. [laughter] we go slow. Nobody is moderating us. We are just talking. We are talking about douglas and liberation . Absolutely. Let me start. To stop, i want other people to know about this. Im interested obviously in literacy. I am impressed with what i only recently discovered, which is this country is unique in the world in terms of the distribution distribution of libraries throughout the country. You cannot go in rural areas in europe or africa asia, rural areas and find libraries the way you can hear. Huge University Libraries that jump up out of nowhere in indiana or someplace. Pennsylvania, go for 100 miles and there it is. Enormous university with more books than cambridge. So its an extraordinary thing. The other thing is, something im interested in is on the one hand, the power of reading and of course, und
Vietnam. Vietnam. So thats captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008. Very short time period. Right. You did all this battle there. Right . Even in charge of 125 people there . Yes. Its an amazing story. You know, theres another story that i didnt miss that i feel obligated to tell it. When i was wounded i was going down to the cp and i was taking this socalled prisoner and i just pushed him off the bank. He probably survived. I went down to the dispensary and they left me there and the dispensary that night was overrun by north koreans. I couldnt find my weapon. I found someone had left two 30 round clips back to back. The koreans were running through the courtyards, a couple miles north of chinju, in a place by a river, i can remember the route cropping to know exactly where that is. Anyway i had to fight my way out of there. There were running through the courtyard and i ran out, i had a very, very painful ankle and i fell when i hit the road and then i could hear ameri
Again piece it over here in doha youre watching elf to 0 also coming up the u. S. President Donald Trumps Campaign Account is briefly banned from tweeting over a coronavirus pose deemed to be misinformation the same post has been removed by facebook also ahead. 75 years after hiroshima the threat of covert 19 forces japan to scale back ceremonies commemorating the victims. Lebanons government has declared a 2 week state of emergency in beirut a day after a massive explosion devastated large areas of the capital at least 135 people are dead more than 5000 are injured and around 300000 have been left without a home from beirut zina harder reports. The people of this disaster stricken city are starting to assess and comprehend the extent of the damage of a blast that was far more destructive than any explosion lebanon has ever seen just before sunset on tuesday highly explosive material stored at a warehouse at beirut port caused the blast sending shock waves across the city now in ruins.
Up next, an oral history with u. S. Army veteran baldwin myers, recorded in 2015 by the korean war legacy foundation. He talked about his time in korea and how the experience shaped his life after the war. He was eventually diagnosed with ptsd. The interview project was underwritten by south koreas ministry of patriots and veterans affairs. Baldwin i am baldwin frank myers. My first name is spelled b as in boy, aldwin. In the army i was known by my buddies as baldy. [laughter] but when when i reported back to them years later, 30 years later, that this is frank myers and i wanted to talk to them, they didnt know who i was because they only knew me as baldy. But we when we got that cleared up, then Everything Else flowed. Interviewer and could you spell your last name . Baldwin myers. Interviewer what is your birthday . Baldwin may 29, 1931. Interviewer where were you born . Baldwin in owyhee county, idaho. That is spelled that is the indian name owyhee county, idaho. Thats near Jordan