COVID-19 Global Update More than 170 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*: US 85,991 (+24.27%) China 81,828 (+0.11%) Italy 80,589 (+8.34%) Spain 57,786 (+16.70%) Germany 47,278 (+26.67%) France 29,567 (+15.50%) Iran 29,406 (+8.84%) ...
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COVID-19 Global Update More than 160 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*: China 81,454 (+0.31%) Italy 59,138 (+44.12%) US 35,224 (+147.19%) Spain 29,909 (+65.45%) Germany 24,873 (+62.36%) Iran 21,638 (+17.55%) France 16,246 (+47.56%) ...
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NEED TO KNOW VANUATU [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/360359d3-41f6-4567-9b66-a35c60254187.png"] Happy and Crooked The beautiful Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is among the happiest places on Earth. Vanuatuans, numbering almost 300,000, live in tune with traditions and nature, the BBC explained. Three-quarters of them reside in rural areas where they can grow their own...
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NEED TO KNOW MALAYSIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/053b35ef-03dc-4aeb-b916-fe602f4772eb.jpg"] Mirror, Mirror… Muhyiddin Yassin recently became Malaysia’s new prime minister. That doesn't mean a political crisis that has gripped the southeast Asian country since mid-February is over. Not by a longshot. As the New York Times wrote, the turmoil came to a head late last...
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NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/2beac6fe-a680-4765-a2ff-d329629a897c.png"] The Fine Print A terrorist recently rode a motorcycle rigged with a bomb into a soccer game in Afghanistan, killing at least three and wounding 11. The attack was just one of dozens that have occurred since the US and the Taliban signed...
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NEED TO KNOW AUSTRALIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/81d62805-bef8-41fd-9c0c-ed93ea461226.png"] Vandalized By Humanity More than 20 percent of Australia’s forests – 27 million acres – burned this wildfire season due to unprecedented bushfires. Those figures could turn out to be low because they don’t include Tasmania and the season isn’t over yet, the...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW CHINA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/583699da-d679-4f19-a91d-34cc19051ba7.png"] Let There Be Light The new coronavirus is testing the faith of the Chinese people in their government. That spells trouble for President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party. The virus that has killed almost 3,000 people in China – see this Johns Hopkins...
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NEED TO KNOW TAJIKISTAN [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/9d76f4c2-491e-4a5b-85d4-b70af66ec3eb.png"] State of Paranoia Authorities in Tajikistan are reportedly rounding up Islamic clerics and scholars whom they suspect of harboring views that might undermine the government. Some readers might approve of detaining potential jihadists who studied in schools in Egypt, Iran, and Pakistan where radicalization...
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NEED TO KNOW JAPAN [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/736afb4e-8316-41c3-9ef5-46f48c6516ca.png"] Trying Times Established in 1160, Tsuen Tea in Kyoto is perhaps the oldest continually operating tea house in the world. The shop was in a fascinating BBC story that discussed how more than half of humanity’s oldest businesses are in Japan. The story...
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NEED TO KNOW HONG KONG [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/ed89ce6f-df7c-493b-809a-681d51fa4904.png"] Public Health Hong Kong officials recently evacuated some residents from an apartment block because they feared the deadly new coronavirus was spreading through its plumbing. A fascinating story in CNN told of two people in the high-rise contracting the virus. They were...
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NEED TO KNOW VIETNAM [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/3f17a3ec-f2fd-42ee-b8c2-dd23d117cb41.png"] Uncharted Waters Vietnam has been a success story for globalization. The communist Southeast Asian country has become a magnet for foreign investment and a hub for manufacturing in recent years. Economic growth has been around 6.6 percent since 2000. But Vietnam has also become remarkably...
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NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/2beac6fe-a680-4765-a2ff-d329629a897c.png"] Grand Plans Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have stalled. The former insists on a complete cease-fire before the talks can restart, while the latter has only agreed to a “reduction of violence,” explained Al Jazeera. The US, meanwhile, wants...
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NEED TO KNOW INDIA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/1ac703d1-8192-40be-95ea-427a8f7ed9ee.png"] Heart and Soul An unstable man with right-wing tendencies took a gun to a student protest in India recently, eventually wounding one demonstrator. A remarkable Reuters video shows a chaotic scene as crowds surround the man with the gun. In a Facebook post, the...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW INDONESIA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/26b68ea6-a202-483a-8e3e-f776f4ca7c3b.png"] Hard Rise The leader of the fourth-most-populous country in the world, Indonesia, has big plans. President Joko Widodo recently tapped former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, billionaire SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to lead...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW CHINA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/cb644eae-40f4-4c10-a54b-4ccc5f9ad21f.png"] Changing Partners As American politicians disparage international free trade deals, Asian leaders are moving forward with them. Late last year, 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region – including China, Japan, Indonesia and South Korea – concluded negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP),...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW CHINA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/cb644eae-40f4-4c10-a54b-4ccc5f9ad21f.png"] Bursting at the Seams China is on track to double its gross domestic product, compared to ten years ago. The communist country began opening its markets in the late 1970s. Since then, aggressive government control has pushed growth further. Cheap labor, currency devaluations and...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW TAIWAN [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/488c805b-b031-4b64-95a3-8a18bc3d71d1.png"] Amid Chaos, a Shoo-in Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is almost sure to win re-election on January 11. That’s one of the few certainties she can depend on. The political stars aligned for Tsai. At the same time she and her Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP,...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW NORTH KOREA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/63a7ed44-03d2-4dcc-9832-c468313046db.png"] False Alarms An American military base near the North Korean border mistakenly sounded air raid sirens rather than Taps, the traditional bugle call that marks the end of the day, in late December. Someone pushed the wrong button, VICE reported. The snafu occurred...
Read full story →PAST AND FUTURE WORLD [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/dce47e18-e5d0-45e9-b34c-579ae97d703b.png"] Unfinished Stories As 2019 comes to a close, and with it, a decade, we at DailyChatter are taking a look back at a few select issues and events – by no means exhaustive – that made headlines over the past decade and will...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/dce47e18-e5d0-45e9-b34c-579ae97d703b.png"] The Desperate Ones The specter of despair appears to be haunting the world’s democracies. Electorates and politicians are polarized. Economic growth is steady, but many feel as if they are working hard and not getting ahead. The free flow of people, goods and ideas...
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