TIMEflipped into Top StoriesNowHere Are the Viruses to Worry About Right NowTIME - Alice ParkAs winter ends, several viruses are still continuing to rise across the U.S., according to data from WastewaterSCAN, a network of wastewater surveillance sites. Norovirus, one type of influenza, and another respiratory virus are all increasing or have recently peaked in samples from the network's …
TIMEflipped into World1 hour agoMarriages Tick Up in Asia but Long-Term Demographic Challenges PersistTIME - Chad de GuzmanFor the first time in about a decade, the number of marriages in South Korea last year increased from the previous year, according to data revealed by the country’s statistics office on Tuesday. The same thing occurred in China, according to data released earlier this month by the country’s civil …
TIMEflipped into Top Stories3 hours agoBiden to Host Leaders of Japan and Philippines for Historic Trilateral Summit in AprilTIME - Aamer Madhani / APWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences over a …
TIMEflipped into Top Stories4 hours agoSouth Korea Suspends Licenses of Two Doctors in First Punishments for Weekslong StrikeTIME - Jenny Lee and Soo-Hyang Choi / BloombergSouth Korean authorities have issued notices to temporarily suspend the licenses of two doctors in its first punishment since trainee doctors walked off their jobs about a month ago in protest of a government plan to increase medical school enrollment. Two senior members of the Korean Medical …
TIMEflipped into Top Stories5 hours agoWhat to Know About Hong Kong’s Controversial New National Security LawTIME - Alan Wong / BloombergA long-shelved security law that once kindled fear of eroding rights and galvanized Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement is making a comeback. Efforts to complete the legislation to protect the Chinese state will enter their final stages Tuesday, when lawmakers meet to resume their debate of the …
TIMEflipped into Top Stories5 hours agoSingapore Opposition Leader Pritam Singh Criminally Charged for Telling ‘Untruths’TIME - Philip J. Heijmans / BloombergSingapore opposition leader Pritam Singh was charged with two counts under the Parliament Act in connection with a lying scandal involving a former lawmaker. Singh was charged Tuesday in a Singapore court for “willfully making false answers to material questions” during an examination by the …