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India’s surge in virus cases third fastest globally

India’s surge in virus cases third fastest globally

-- 2020-06-15 11:20:14

With 11,220 new COVID-19 cases and 325 deaths registered on Sunday, the total number of infections and the death toll in India reached 3,32,777 and 9,521 respectively, according to data collated by Th...

18 dead, 189 hurt as tanker truck explodes on highway in China

18 dead, 189 hurt as tanker truck explodes on highway in China

AP 2020-06-14 18:36:19

A tanker truck exploded on a highway in southeastern China on Saturday, killing 18 people and injuring at least 189 others, authorities said. The explosion caused extensive damage to nearby buildings...

China Southern to suspend Dhaka-Guangzhou flight over Covid-19 cases

China Southern to suspend Dhaka-Guangzhou flight over Covid-19 cases

REUTERS 2020-06-14 10:19:35

A China Southern Airlines flight from Dhaka to Guangzhou will be suspended for four weeks from June 22 due to concerns about Covid-19 infections, China’s aviation regulator said on Sunday. Seve...

Nepal parliament passes new map including disputed area with India

Nepal parliament passes new map including disputed area with India

-- 2020-06-13 21:45:09

The lower house of Nepal's parliament on Saturday approved a new map of the country, including areas disputed with India. The passage of the bill came on a day hundreds of protesters hit the streets...

Fans savour return of stadium sport in virus-free NZ

Fans savour return of stadium sport in virus-free NZ

AP 2020-06-13 18:20:02

They call one section of the stadium The Zoo, and it's easy to see why: thousands of university students in team colours standing on their seats, steadying trays of beer, swaying to music and erupting...

Taiwan Black Lives Matter protest gets indigenous twist

Taiwan Black Lives Matter protest gets indigenous twist

-- 2020-06-13 16:53:25

Hundreds packed into a park in central Taipei on Saturday for a Black Lives Matter protest, with a group of indigenous Taiwanese given prominent billing to draw attention to discrimination against the...

Covid-19: Seven foreigners detained in Nepal from protests

Covid-19: Seven foreigners detained in Nepal from protests

-- 2020-06-13 14:46:25

Police in Nepal on Saturday arrested 10 people, including seven foreigners, as demonstrations against the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis continued with hundreds of protesters ga...

India records biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases

India records biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases

REUTERS 2020-06-13 13:55:50

India reported its biggest single-day jump in coronavirus cases on Saturday, adding 11,458 confirmed infections and taking its total count to more than 300,000, according to data from the federal heal...

Beijing district in 'wartime emergency' after virus spike shuts market

Beijing district in 'wartime emergency' after virus spike shuts market

-- 2020-06-13 13:17:38

A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked...

India rejects Pakistan offer of help for pandemic-hit poor

India rejects Pakistan offer of help for pandemic-hit poor

-- 2020-06-12 18:44:05

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday offered to help neighbouring India disburse cash to the public during the coronavirus lockdown, citing a report Indians were struggling to make ends mee...

Myanmar journalists work from shadows

Myanmar journalists work from shadows

-- 2020-06-12 16:21:45

Hiding from Myanmar's police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as his country prepares for an election later thi...

India denies visas to US panel on religious freedom

India denies visas to US panel on religious freedom

Reuters 2020-06-12 14:07:59

India has turned down a travel request for members of a US government panel seeking to review its religious freedom, saying such foreign agencies had no standing to assess the constitutional rights of...

Australia eliminates coronavirus in many areas, to ease curbs

Australia eliminates coronavirus in many areas, to ease curbs

Reuters 2020-06-12 13:12:01

Australia has eliminated the novel coronavirus in many parts of the country, its chief medical officer said on Friday, clearing the way for sports fans to soon return to stadiums and for foreign stude...

India's coronavirus cases reach over 297,000, fourth worst hit nation

India's coronavirus cases reach over 297,000, fourth worst hit nation

REUTERS 2020-06-12 12:26:29

India on Friday reported a total of 297,535 coronavirus infections, surpassing the United Kingdom to become the fourth worst affected country in the world. The number of infections increased by 10,95...

Australia's 'semi-decoupling' tactics to face China's countermeasures

Australia's 'semi-decoupling' tactics to face China's countermeasures

Global Times 2020-06-10 17:30:07

Australia's years of effort to constrain investment from China with its "semi-decoupling" tactics have paid off, after a report by KPMG and the University of Sydney showed that China's outbound direct...

Mumbai overtakes Wuhan peak as India Covid cases spike

Mumbai overtakes Wuhan peak as India Covid cases spike

-- 2020-06-10 13:49:43

India's financial capital, Mumbai, has recorded 51,000 cases of Covid, taking it past the peak in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged. The news comes amid a surge of infections in India, which has 2...

Singapore's migrant workers fear financial ruin after virus ordeal

Singapore's migrant workers fear financial ruin after virus ordeal

Reuters 2020-06-09 21:20:32

As Sharif Uddin contemplates leaving the cramped Singapore dormitory where he has spent weeks under coronavirus quarantine, fears about his future creep in. The 42-year-old Bangladeshi construction s...

Beijing clears all domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases

Beijing clears all domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases

-- 2020-06-09 19:04:38

Beijing cleared all its domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases as the last patient was cured and discharged from hospital on Monday, local authorities said Tuesday. No new confirmed cases, suspected...

Pakistan building collapse death toll rises to 13

Pakistan building collapse death toll rises to 13

Xinhua 2020-06-09 16:24:31

The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi has risen to 13 on Tuesday morning, police and rescue officials said. Senior Superin...

Malaysia detains 269 Rohingyas, finds body in damaged boat

Malaysia detains 269 Rohingyas, finds body in damaged boat

AP 2020-06-09 13:24:35

Malaysian authorities detained 269 Rohingyas refugees and found a body on board a suspected smuggling boat they said had been intentionally damaged so it couldn’t be turned back to sea. How lon...

North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea

North Korea says it will sever hotlines with South Korea

Reuters 2020-06-09 12:29:50

North Korea said on Tuesday it will sever hotlines with South Korea as the first step toward shutting down all contact with Seoul, state news agency KCNA reported. For several days, North Korea has l...

China demands evidence from US senator for COVID-19 accusation

China demands evidence from US senator for COVID-19 accusation

-- 2020-06-08 19:53:52

China on Monday challenged US Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by western countries....

‘Half of new COVID-19 cases in Singapore are symptomless’

‘Half of new COVID-19 cases in Singapore are symptomless’

-- 2020-06-08 18:49:55

At least half of Singapore's newly-discovered coronavirus cases show no symptoms, the co-head of the government's virus taskforce told Reuters on Monday, reinforcing the city-state's decision to ease...

India COVID-19 deaths cross 7,000-mark

India COVID-19 deaths cross 7,000-mark

-- 2020-06-08 12:47:28

The total number of deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in India crossed the 7,000-mark, reaching 7,135 on Monday, as the total number of cases surpassed 250,000, reaching 256,611, said the...

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 100,000 mark

Pakistan's COVID-19 cases cross 100,000 mark

-- 2020-06-08 12:05:26

The number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan has risen to 103,671 with 2,067 deaths, according to the data updated by the country's health ministry on Monday. The country currentl...

New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’, to lift most curbs

New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’, to lift most curbs

-- 2020-06-08 11:07:05

New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the novel coronavirus and will lift all containment measures except for border curbs, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, making the South Pacific...

China defends its coronavirus response in new report

China defends its coronavirus response in new report

AP 2020-06-07 18:47:12

Senior Chinese officials released a lengthy report Sunday on the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic, defending their government's actions and saying that China had provided information in a...

'A part of history': Calm prevails over DC's biggest George Floyd protest

'A part of history': Calm prevails over DC's biggest George Floyd protest

-- 2020-06-07 17:04:09

Tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed in Washington and other US cities on Saturday demanding an end to racism and brutality by law enforcement, as protests sparked by George Floyd’s fatal...

Japan declines to join US, others in condemning China for Hong Kong law

Japan declines to join US, others in condemning China for Hong Kong law

REUTERS 2020-06-07 16:04:14

Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries i...

Wedding party fuelled new COVID-19 surge in Iran: Rouhani

Wedding party fuelled new COVID-19 surge in Iran: Rouhani

-- 2020-06-06 19:28:08

A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, the country’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its econo...