The inoculation of a 90-year-old British woman on Tuesday marked the start of the UK’s first mass Covid-19 vaccine campaign, and will likely be followed by widespread vaccination globally in the ... ( read original story ...)
Not without India: World’s pharmacy gears up for vaccine race
India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemic with its pharmaceutical industry and partners freeing up capacity and ... ( read original story ...)
Has Modi finally met his match in India’s farmers?
The government’s hopes of turning India into the world’s workshop for global corporations are being strongly resisted, says author Ravinder Kaur ... ( read original story ...)
England criticised for abandoning tour as India pink-ball Test confirmed
Cricket South Africa has returned to the thorny issue of the abandonment of their three-match series with England this week by declaring there was ‘no reason’ for the tour to be called off ... ( read original story ...)
Biden picks longtime China critic Katherine Tai as top U.S. trade official
Tai would inherit a Cabinet-level position tasked with enforcing import rules and brokering trading terms with China. ( read original story ...)
China Hits Back at U.S. Over New Sanctions, Says They Expose Pompeo’s ‘Malicious Intention’
China is revoking visa exemptions for U.S. diplomats visiting Hong Kong and Macau and imposing sanctions on Congress members. ( read original story ...)
China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’
The push is driven by a deepening conviction within the country’s leadership that markets and entrepreneurs are not to be fully trusted. “The market-reform camp is all but gone,” says one economist. ( read original story ...)
China-Europe Trade Forum Canceled After China Sought to Bar Critics
Europe trade forum was quietly canceled last month after European organizers rejected Chinese demands to ban participants critical of Beijing. ( read original story ...)
Antoine Griezmann Cuts Ties With China’s Huawei Over Treatment of Uyghurs
The Barcelona forward urged the Chinese tech giant to speak out against what he described as "mass prosecution" perpetrated against the minority. ( read original story ...)
US Military to Start Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China
The Pentagon expects to distribute 44,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine among military personnel and retirees against COVID as early as next week at 16 sites in what officials called a “controlled pilot.” ... ( read original story ...)