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China’s Covid-19 Defenses Have a Missing Piece: Vaccinating the Elderly

In its fervor to fight Covid-19, China has gone all out with a now-familiar protocol of mass testing and lockdowns. It now has to worry that many of its elderly and most vulnerable citizens haven’t gotten vaccinated.

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More Americans View China as a Threat, Poll Finds

Respondents in a Pew survey see Beijing primarily as an economic rival but worry about its friendship with Moscow.

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Pakistani Militants Test Taliban Promise Not to Host Terror Groups

Jihadists based in eastern Afghanistan have increased attacks in Pakistan since the Taliban’s takeover and have acquired American military equipment from weaponry left as U.S. troops departed last year.

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Singapore Hangs Malaysian Man for Trafficking 1.5 Ounces of Heroin in 2009

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s case sparked criticism from human rights groups who had called for clemency on the grounds that he was mentally disabled.

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