World Food Programme and UNHCR respond as 500 hundred shelters go up in flames Picking up the pieces: 500 shelters were destroyed in Nayapara ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan appoints former military general as Saudi envoy
Lieutenant General Bilal Akbar’s appointment comes as Pakistan seeks to rebuild ties with its Gulf ally. Karachi, Pakistan – Pakistan has appointed a recently retired army general as its ambassador to ... ( read original story ...)
India, ‘pharmacy of the world’, starts COVID vaccine exports
India started exporting coronavirus shots on Wednesday with a shipment to the neighbouring Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the foreign ministry said, as the so-called pharmacy of the world looks to ... ( read original story ...)
India starts supplying COVID-19 shots to neighboring nations
India began supplying coronavirus vaccines to its neighboring countries on Wednesday, as the world’s largest vaccine making nation strikes a balance between maintaining ... ( read original story ...)
China labels Pompeo ‘doomsday clown’ over genocide claims
China's Foreign Ministry is describing outgoing U_S_ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as a “doomsday clown" and says his designation of China as a perpetrator of genocide and crimes against humanity is ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Says Joe Biden Backs Taiwan As Blinken Warns China Invasion ‘Grievous Mistake’
President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state was quizzed by senators Tuesday at his confirmation hearing. ( read original story ...)
Kenya to save 27 billion shilling from China debt service suspension deal
Kenya has secured a debt repayment moratorium from China which will save it 27 billion shillings ($245.23 million) in the period to June, its finance minister said on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
EXPLAINER: Why US accused China of genocide and what’s next
The U.S. secretary of state's accusation of genocide against China touches on a hot-button human rights issue between China and the West ... ( read original story ...)
Irresistible? Pension funds plot move on China’s $16 trillion bond market
China's $16 trillion bond market is the proverbial elephant in the investment room. But it's becoming too big to ignore, even for the most risk-averse Western investors. ( read original story ...)
China turbocharges bid to discredit Western vaccines, spread virus conspiracy theories
With a WHO team in the country probing the pandemic’s origins, officials have gone into overdrive to propagate the fringe view that the virus came from elsewhere. ( read original story ...)