TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan is the most democratic country in East Asia and No. 11 in the world, according to the annual Democracy Index published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Tues...
COVID-19 vaccination programs in China and India will stretch until late 2022 due to the sheer size of their population, and more than 85 poor countries will not have widespread access to vaccines bef...
81%
of respondents say technology has improved their access to health services
71%
believe that in the future they will be more reliant on technology to improve
their personal health and wellbeing
Pru...
Nearly half of respondents say
enacting more LGBT-friendly workplace policies and practices presents a
business opportunity
Three in five respondents believe
the business world has a fundamental imper...
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s envoy to Italy, Li Hsin-ying (李新穎), was invited to hold a discussion at the Sapienza University of Rome last Thursday (Dec. 3) to showcase Taiwan’s po...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia appears headed for a default on debt owed to private investors.
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There
will be at least five lasting effects from the pandemic, including rising
demand for certain categories of illicit goods and an exacerbation of the
e-commerce problem.
Those
effects can be addr...
Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, is shrouded in plumes of smog from October to February every year as crop burning exacerbates the city's air pollution problem.
The monsoo...
High-quality scientific publications from Japan decreased by 17%
between 2015 and 2019, while China's increased by 80% during the same period.
Women make up only 15% of the R&D workforce, and fore...
Challenges from ageing populations and covid-19 are putting
pressure on Japan's health system
Japan's health system falls behind its peers in terms of
long-term strategic perspective
Price review and ...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra is facing the threat of impeachment after the country’s opposition-controlled Congress agreed Friday to vote on his possible ouster just a day afte...
"I had to walk for nearly five hours to reach home from my workplace. It was raining heavily and I had to wrap a plastic bag around my mobile phone and other electronic gadgets," Saad Ahmed ...
The US ranks the highest
globally in creating an enabling environment supportive of longevity and
healthy ageing with an overall score of 76.1 out of a possible 100
Canada (3rd) and Brazil (11th) scor...
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Australia leads the Asia
Pacific region in creating an enabling environment supportive of longevity and
healthy ageing with an overall score of 75.2 out of a possible 100, ranking
second globally behi...
