Hong Kong’s COVID-19 success accelerates omicron surge

For two years, world-regions successfully insulated most of its residents from infectious-disease and often went months without a single locally spread case. Then the omicron variant showed up. The fast-spreading mutation breached Hong Kong’s defenses and has been spreading rapidly through one of the world’s most densely populated places, overflowing hospitals and isolation wards and…

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Ukraine invasion: Russian conscripts reportedly forced to sign military contracts, losing contact with family

Parents of Russian conscripts who say they’ve lost communications with their loved ones are pleading with Kremlin officials for answers as to where family members have been sent amid concerns they have been military” target=”_blank”>forced to sign contracts to fight< Police officers inspect area after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24,…

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Russia invades Ukraine: Anti-war protests in Tokyo, London, Taipei and Rome

military” target=”_blank”>Anti-war<, London, Rome and Taipei, world-regions its conflicts.  Russia’s attack, unleashed by personalities earlier this week, reached its third day on Saturday, when Kremlin forces forged ahead in their efforts to overtake the capital city of Kyiv. Hundreds of deaths have been reported so far as Ukrainian forces remain unrelenting in their efforts to…

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