A Medal of Honor recipient from Alabama who died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this year will be laid to rest this week at Arlington National Cemetery. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam leads in number of accounts removed by Facebook: information official
Facebook has removed 290 fake accounts in Vietnam so far this year, making the country top in number of account cancellations. Of those fake accounts, some had forged that of the Health Ministry to ... ( read original story ...)
UN adopts int’l prize after Bangladesh founding leader
DHAKA, Bangladesh The UN has adopted an international prize named after the Bangladeshi founding father in the field of creative economy, the ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh inks vaccine contract with Indian pharma
DHAKA, Bangladesh Bangladesh on Sunday signed a procurement contract with Serum Institute of India, which is producing doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands take to streets in Pakistan in anti-government protest
Thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the government of Imran Khan, defying official advice not to gather during the Covid-19 pandemic. The demonstration in Lahore, ... ( read original story ...)
COVID-19 runs unchecked in Pakistan’s overcrowded prisons
A human rights report released Monday harshly criticized Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus threat faced by tens of thousands of inmates stuck in overcrowded and often unsanitary prisons. Instead ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s Opposition to Lead March to Capital in Bid to Oust PM Khan
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The leaders of an anti-government alliance urged tens of thousands of supporters at a rally on Sunday to join a march to the Pakistani capital next months to demand the ... ( read original story ...)
England to tour India in early 2021 for Test, T20 and ODI series
England will tour India early next year and play their first day-night Test in the country at the biggest cricket ground in the world. ( read original story ...)
60 Minutes Archives: An interview with China’s Jiang Zemin
Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Mike Wallace asked about the Tiananmen Square massacre, Falun Gong, and the relationship between China and the U.S. ( read original story ...)
The Guardian view on China’s treatment of the Uighurs: from unthinkable to irrefutable
Whether it be via football or fashion, the rest of the world is tied to what is happening in Xinjiang – as Antoine Griezmann has reminded us ... ( read original story ...)