South Korean social satire “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first film not in the English language to win the movie industry’s highest honor. “Parasite,” about the gap between rich and poor in modern Seoul, won a total of four Oscars, including best […]
Day: May 3, 2023
China slowly returns to work as coronavirus toll hits high
Workers began trickling back to offices and factories around China on Monday as the government eased some restrictions on working during a coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 900 people, most on the mainland. Sunday’s death toll of 97 was the largest in a single day since the outbreak […]
New Zealand says can manage coronavirus impact over economy
A coronavirus epidemic will have an “inevitable” impact on New Zealand’s economic growth, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, but added that the effect would be manageable, even though it was too early to say how big it would be. Travel and work curbs prompted by the outbreak, which […]