Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday he tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time after returning home from work trips in Africa and Asia. Due to his age, the 71-year-old said he was prescribed the Paxlovid antiviral medication. “I
After the summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations in Hiroshima, Japan, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European Union officials. The leaders agreed that the E.U. and South Korea need to “maintain and increase the collective pressure on
Travelers entering China will no longer need to provide a negative PCR test result starting Saturday, in another easing of China’s “zero COVID” policies. Travelers can instead show a negative antigen test result taken within 48 hours before boarding, Chinese Foreign Ministry
Mexico’s president suspended a tour of the Yucatan peninsula Sunday after acknowledging he tested positive for the coronavirus, having previously suffered two bouts of COVID-19. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote in his social media accounts that “it isn’t serious.” The comment
Two Coldstream Guards that were set to start their rehearsals for King Charles III’s Coronation failed a drugs test on Monday. The duo were found to have cannabis and cocaine in their systems and are now facing losing their jobs. According to
The US has sent nuclear B-52 bombers flying over the Korean Peninsula. They were joined by South Korean stealth jets and deployed in retaliation just hours after North Korea test-fired a new ballistic missile. Pictures distributed by South Korea’s Defence Ministry show
Raven Saunders, a silver medalist shot putter at the Tokyo Olympics and raised an “X” above her head in protest after receiving her award, was suspended for 18 months for failing to show up for doping tests. Saunders had committed three “whereabouts
Major League Baseball’s new pitch clock is creating some interesting situations. On Friday, New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer was called for a balk as he tried to quick-pitch against the Washington Nationals. New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer, left, talks
Texts between Professor Chris Whitty and Mr Hanckock in April 2020 reveal Whitty urged testing for “all going into care homes” a month into the pandemic. But the minister did not heed his advice, telling advisers: “It muddies the waters.” Instead, he
Comment on this story Comment The Defense Department is advising U.S. military personnel to be mindful of a substance that could derail their careers: poppy seeds. In a memo published Tuesday, Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr., the undersecretary of defense for personnel and