New coronavirus cases dropped to zero in China for the first time Saturday but surged in India and overwhelmed hospitals across Latin America – both in countries lax about lockdowns and those lauded …
Ayatollah Khamenei: Everyone must assist in holy struggle to liberate Palestine
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the struggle to liberate Palestine is an obligation and an Islamic goal, adding “everyone must assist the Palestinian nation in this …
Books on China’s response to COVID-19 distributed in Nepal
The Nepal Overseas Chinese Business Association (NOCBA) has distributed books based on the first-hand experience of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in China. The “Wuhan in Coronavirus Lockdown: …
Iraq and France to Cooperate in e-Learning
By John Lee. Iraq and France have agreed to cooperate in the field of electronic education and e-learning. The agreement was announced after the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, …
From Siberia to Iraq, real oil is soaring almost everywhere
Iraq’s Basrah Light and Heavy crudes for June loading were sold to a buyer in China at a premium of between $4.50 and $4.80 a barrel to official selling prices, according to traders who asked not to …
Leading lawyers, scholars analyse Myanmar’s upcoming response to ICJ’s ruling
Center for Global Policy states that Myanmar will build a narrative of war crimes that differs from the accusation of genocide …
Life after coronavirus: future of Thai tourism industry is in Chinese hands, and phones
Partnerships with digital firms and social media influencers are among the strategies Southeast Asia’s tourism giant is using to win back Chinese visitors post-Covid-19.
Bangladesh threatens to blacklist British brands for outstanding dues
On May 21, in a letter to Philip Day, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association came up with the harsh move following s …
How Western retailers put a Bangladesh garment supplier on the brink
That’s then, before he suffered a stroke of fate that would tear a hole in his business in the past couple of days. The pandemic has thrown off track plans the Bangladesh garments entrepreneur had …
Rethinking Pakistan’s welfare systems after Covid-19
The costs of ignoring current welfare challenges will be devastating for Pakistan’s most marginalised citizens.