SINGAPORE — As the rivalry between the U.S. and China intensifies, investors and analysts are increasingly worried that the two economies will grow more distant from each other — a development that would make it harder for companies to operate on the international stage.
A Chinese doctor who tried to sound the alarm. A father of six who emigrated from Pakistan to the United States to give his family a better life. A 15-year-old boy who left his remote home in the Amazon to study. They all died from Covid-19.
In eight months, more than 33 million people have been diagnosed with coronavirus, across nearly every country. The disease has taken lives on every continent except Antarctica -- and more than one million people have died.
KUCHING: An educationist has defended vernacular schools against claims that they are an obstacle to national unity.
Jonathan Chai, the president of the Association of the Boards of Management of Aided Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian, said the allegations were unfair.
