India scrapped a rule that forced foreign suppliers of weapons, aircraft or military hardware to invest in the South Asian nation, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to accelerate defense purchases ... ( read original story ...)
Virus sows dread in India’s festival season as infections cross 6 million
India reported on Monday that novel coronavirus infections had topped 6 million, nowhere near the number required for herd immunity in country of 1.3 billion people, and raising anxiety going into the ... ( read original story ...)
‘The future is uncertain’: India coronavirus cases top 6 million
India’s coronavirus case tally passed 6 million on Monday after it reported 82,170 new infections in the last 24 hours, as the pandemic rages across the vast South Asian nation. With 6.1 million ... ( read original story ...)
China Just Signaled Its Support For Alibaba’s Businesses
The rise in coronavirus cases in several European nations spooked the financial markets sending investors into a risk-off mode. ( read original story ...)
‘It’s my life’: James Packer insisted on Crown sale to Macau casino group
Inquiry hears then-executive chairman John Alexander was told of Crown Resorts sale deal with Melco group and ‘didn’t sound happy’ ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police double National Day deployment to 6,000 officers, citing threats to force and calls for violence
Hong Kong police have doubled to 6,000 the number of officers they will deploy to handle any chaos that erupts on National Day after witnessing an increase in online messages calling for attacks on ... ( read original story ...)
Cash scatters on Hong Kong street as knife-wielding assailants steal HK$8 million in brazen daylight robbery
Police are on the hunt for a gang of masked robbers who snatched a rucksack containing HK$8 million (US$1.03 million) in cash during an attack on two men in broad daylight at a busy Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong bans China National Day protest
Hong Kong authorities on Monday banned a pro-democracy group from holding a rally on China's National Day, the latest refusal in the semi-autonomous city where protest has been all but outlawed. ( read original story ...)
Iranian dissident caught between rock and hard place in Cyprus limbo
Omid Tootian, an Iranian musician, sits in a tent inside the UN buffer zone at Ledra Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus7, 2020. Picture taken September 27, 2020. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou ... ( read original story ...)
Cyprus: Population Movement – Operation Final Report, DREF n° MDRCY001
English Situation Report on Cyprus and 4 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 28 Sep 2020 by IFRC ... ( read original story ...)