A former Pakistani prime minister Wednesday defeated a ruling party candidate in Senate elections in a major setback to the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, election authorities and opposition …
Fund crunched Pakistan mulling to change Sikh’s religious site into a tourist place
Chairman said that the project has been discussed with all the stakeholders and possibilities are being explored on the same.
India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Found Effective, Boosting National Efforts
Bharat Biotech said its Covid-19 vaccine was 81% effective at protecting people in a large clinical trial, an announcement that could invigorate India’s inoculation drive and vaccine-diplomacy efforts …
India v England: Joe Root says his team ‘shouldn’t be scared’
Captain Joe Root says England should have “no scars” from two successive defeats when they play India the final Test starting on Thursday.
Blinken singles out China as ‘biggest geopolitical test’ for U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday singled out the U.S. relationship with China as the main overseas focus of President Joe Biden’s administration and said the country posed “the biggest …
China-based hackers exploit bug in Microsoft software to steal from U.S. companies
China-based government hackers have exploited a bug in Microsoft’s email server software to target U.S. organizations, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated …
Tencent boss to call for tighter governance on China’s internet economy: state media
The founder and CEO of technology giant Tencent Holdings plans to call for tighter governance of the internet economy at China’s parliamentary meeting in Beijing, state broadcaster China National …
Covid: Police break up ‘fake vaccine network’ in South Africa and China
Police in South Africa and China have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests, Interpol reports. Three Chinese nationals and a Zambian were detained at a …
Turkey’s economy grew by 1.8% in 2020, avoiding COVID contraction
Growth was propelled by a near doubling of lending by state banks to quell the initial impact of the coronavirus crisis.
UPDATE 2-Japan’s SMFG likely to halt all new lending for coal power, sources say
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) is likely to halt new financing for any coal-fired power plants, sources close to the matter said, reflecting increasing pressure on Japanese lenders to cut coal …