Just as countries around the world have begun shifting their focus from Covid-19 to post-pandemic recovery, global inflation accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supply chain disruptions have placed economic growth plans in jeopardy. Thailand’s inflation rate of 7.1 percent is the highest in 14 years and prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha plans to collect […]

Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. “I am deeply concerned about the monkeypox outbreak, this is clearly an evolving health threat that my colleagues and I in the WHO Secretariat are following extremely closely,” Tedros […]

ArrowArtboardCreated with Sketch.ArtboardCreated with Sketch.Title ChevronTitle ChevronIcon Mail ContactPath LayerPositive Arrow Japan’s ruling LDP has seen its support base shift from younger to older voters ahead of key upper house elections on July 10. Datawatch Ruling party struggles to win over more 20- and 30-somethings ahead of July election SHOTARO MIYASAKA, HIROSHI ASAHINA and MASAYUKI […]

The extrajudicial killings of some 8,000 people have ‘opened the floodgates for a type of governance that disregards the rule of law, due process and human rights’, activists say