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Reuters 2020-05-19 20:28:02
South Asian nations are scrambling to repatriate hundreds of thousands of migrants stuck abroad without work due to the coronavirus crisis - a huge challenge that risks sparking social unrest and spre...
Xinhua 2020-05-19 17:00:26
Chinese health authority said Tuesday that it received reports of six new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Monday, of which three were imported cases reported in the Inner Mongolia Aut...
Reuters 2020-05-19 16:15:49
In a wooden shack in the Gaza Strip, a 13-year-old girl holds classes for neighbourhood children who have missed out on their studies since schools were closed in March due to the novel coronavirus cr...
REUTERS 2020-05-19 13:53:52
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the government on Monday to lift some of the remaining restrictions imposed on business to halt the spread of the coronavirus, even as the country recorded a ris...
REUTERS 2020-05-19 10:11:45
The number of coronavirus cases in India surged past 100,000 on Tuesday, with the rate of growth of new infections showing little sign of slowing despite a strict weeks-long lockdown. India’s H...
-- 2020-05-18 14:26:41
India began evacuating thousands of villagers and halted port operations ahead of a cyclone expected to hit its east coast this week, officials said on Monday, piling pressure on emergency services gr...
Reuters 2020-05-18 13:25:36
Jacinda Ardern became New Zealand’s most popular prime minister in a century, a Newshub-Reid Research poll showed on Monday, thanks to her COVID-19 response that made the country among the most...
-- 2020-05-17 20:58:30
Australia urged China on Sunday to respond to its requests to discuss easing tensions between the two trading partners after Canberra called for an international enquiry into the origins of the novel...
-- 2020-05-17 17:35:48
China’s ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. The spokesman did not comment on the cause of death of ambassa...
-- 2020-05-17 16:45:33
Nepal’s health authorities confirmed the country’s first death from coronavirus on Saturday. The 29-year-old woman died while being taken to a hospital on the outskirt of Kathmandu, Nepal...
Reuters 2020-05-17 15:22:08
Indonesia reported 489 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the total to 17,514. Indonesia also reported 59 deaths from the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new virus, bringing the toll to...
REUTERS 2020-05-17 13:16:08
India should speak with Taliban militants if it feels that it will help the peace process, Pakistan's envoy to Washington said on Saturday, after a series of attacks in Afghanistan raised questions ab...
REUTERS 2020-05-17 11:39:18
The number of coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia topped 50,000 on Saturday, the health ministry said. A ministry official reported 2,840 new cases, taking the cumulative total to 51,980. That was up f...
-- 2020-05-16 17:27:08
A heavy rain hit Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on Friday. Vehicles were seen moving on a flooded road in Colombo, reports Xinhua. Workers were draining water out of flooded roads in the city.
-- 2020-05-16 13:26:08
At least 24 people were killed and more than 35 were injured when two trucks collided with each other in northern India on Saturday, local officials confirmed said. The accident occurred in the Aurai...
-- 2020-05-16 12:16:43
India’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have surpassed China’s with the health ministry on Saturday reporting the spike to 85,940 cases with 2,752 deaths. In total, China has reported 4,633...
-- 2020-05-15 20:57:33
At least 1,000 Rohingya are stranded at sea as Southeast Asian nations tighten their borders to keep out the new coronavirus, Amnesty International said on Friday, urging action to ensure they were no...
-- 2020-05-15 16:01:24
India has lost two weeks in its bid to get a picture of the spread of the coronavirus in its population because of poor Chinese testing kits, a member of a national task force said, complicating a dec...
-- 2020-05-15 11:35:33
The total number of COVID-19 cases in India reached 81,970 and the number of deaths rose to 2,649 on Friday, said the official data issued by the federal health ministry. The ministry said 100 new de...
REUTERS 2020-05-15 10:58:57
US President Donald Trump signalled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going...
Reuters 2020-05-14 20:26:17
India will provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer employment under a rural jobs programme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sa...
-- 2020-05-14 14:44:32
Japan is expected to lift a state of emergency across a large part of the country on Thursday but the capital Tokyo will likely remain under restrictions until there is a convincing containment of the...
Reuters 2020-05-14 11:54:56
Myanmar’s army said on Wednesday it was investigating soldiers filmed beating and threatening to kill suspected insurgents in the western state of Rakhine, where dozens of people have been kille...
REUTERS 2020-05-14 10:05:47
After struggling to get pregnant for years, Zainab, 27, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a small hospital in the southwestern corner of Kabul. She was overjoyed and named the boy Omid, m...
-- 2020-05-13 20:12:43
Malaysia has detained 1,368 undocumented migrants in an area under lockdown in the latest such raid despite fears the crackdown could push vulnerable people into hiding and increase the risk of corona...
-- 2020-05-13 13:48:32
Israeli police arrested 320 people at a Jewish bonfire festival celebrating an ancient sage, after worshippers rioted over coronavirus restrictions that denied them access to his tomb, officers said o...
FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-13 12:03:56
The well-being of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region are edging closer to a tipping point due to the unprecedented pace of marine pollution, overfishing and climate change in recent years. However, a n...
-- 2020-05-13 09:49:07
Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian or...
-- 2020-05-12 20:32:36
The world's tallest building, Dubai's 828-metre Burj Khalifa, has become a glowing charity donation box, raising money for food for United Arab Emirates residents suffering the economic impact of the...
-- 2020-05-12 16:16:42
China announced on Tuesday a new list of 79 US products eligible for waivers from retaliatory tariffs imposed at the height of the bilateral trade war, amid continued pressure on Beijing to boost impo...
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