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“I partied every single day, at every different venue possible.” In 2021, these words from Hardik Katariya, a 25-year-old blockchain…
When Bangkok announced the closure of dozens of venues in early January as part of efforts to combat a second…
Fires, floods, and plague—these were the hallmarks of 2020. The dark dawn of the new decade will mark a pivotal…
Lauded around the world for using sophisticated digital contact tracing to contain its coronavirus outbreak, Singapore said this week that…
Chinese state-run pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm said its COVID-19 vaccine was nearly 80 percent effective in final-stage clinical trials. The vaccine,…
A Chinese government-run health program that tracks potential exposure to the coronavirus has been used to steal users’ personal information,…
A Chinese court has sentenced a citizen journalist to four years in prison after she reported independently on the COVID-19…
In 2020, Hong Kong as we knew it ended with a whimper, muffled by a pandemic. Citing public health concerns,…
Two gas station workers in the Philippines were shocked when police were about to arrest them on attempted murder charges…
Eight weeks ago, Melbourne, Australia was battened down under one of the longest and harshest coronavirus lockdowns in the world.…