Indian authorities have arrested the head of the Tablighi Jamaat, Muhammad Saad Khandalvi, after a gathering held by the organisation in Delhi spawned Covid-19 clusters across India. Police say the ... ( read original story ...)
Deep Connection: Virus Takes India’s Spiritual Retreats Online
Religious rituals are being performed behind closed doors worldwide, with mosques, churches and other spiritual sites closed and the Pope even live-streaming his Easter blessing. Along the sacred ... ( read original story ...)
Gail India sells U.S. LNG cargo loading from Cove Point in May: sources
GAIL (India) has sold a liquefi (LNG) cargo for loading from the Cove Point terminal in Maryland in the United States in May, three industry sources said on Wednesday. It sold the cargo on a ... ( read original story ...)
China Hawks in Congress Want Beijing to Pay Compensation For Coronavirus Pandemic
Lawmakers have put forward bills and resolutions that would enable Americans to seek damages from the Chinese government. ( read original story ...)
Kicked Out of China
As the coronavirus escalated to a worldwide crisis, China expelled our journalists — and surveilled our correspondents to thwart their reporting before they left. Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Japan expands emergency; China denies allegation
Japan's prime minister is planning to expand a state of emergency to the entire country from just Tokyo and other urban areas as the coronavirus continues to spread ... ( read original story ...)
West must do more to stop China buying up technology: former UK spy chief
The West needs to do more to stop China buying up strategic technology including companies such as British semiconductor chip designer Imagination Technologies, the former head of Britain's MI6 ... ( read original story ...)
China Dismisses U.S. Suggestion It Is Conducting Secret Nuclear Tests, Calls Report ‘Irresponsible’
The State Department report detailed activity at China's Lop Nur site where preparations announced possible secret underground tests. ( read original story ...)
As Coronavirus Fades in China, Nationalism and Xenophobia Flare
Now that the pandemic is raging outside China’s borders, foreigners are being shunned, barred from public spaces and even evicted. By Vivian Wang and Amy Qin HONG KONG — After 16 years in China, a ... ( read original story ...)
Takeaways from internal documents on China’s virus response
On Jan. 14, China’s top health agency told provincial officials that they were facing a likely epidemic from a new coronavirus — but didn't alert the public for six days. Internal documents obtained ... ( read original story ...)