Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticized the U.S., claiming sanctions have cut off food and medical supplies desperately needed in a pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Floods kill 17 people in central Vietnam, next storm due soon
At least 17 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam's central provinces in the past week and 13 are still missing, state media said on Sunday as the country braced for another tropical storm. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam asserts consistency in protecting and promoting human rights
On October 7 at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations Human Rights Council ended its 45th regular session. ( read original story ...)
China emerges from the pandemic
Less than a year since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China's Wuhan Province, something nearly unthinkable has happened in this nation of 1.4 billion: a return to a kind of normalcy ... ( read original story ...)
How China is handling the COVID pandemic
Watch "How China is handling the COVID pandemic", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
China grants $90M to Sri Lanka after visit by top official
China announced Sunday that it was providing a $90 million grant to Sri Lanka, two days after the island nation's president sought help from a visiting Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
ADFD-funded renewable energy project in Maldives receives global recognition for innovation
Abu Dhabi: A renewable-energy project in the Maldives, financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, one of the UAE’s major financial institutions, has received a certification from Global Innovation ... ( read original story ...)
ADFD-funded renewable energy project in Maldives receives global recognition for innovation
Abu Dhabi: A renewable-energy project in the Maldives, financed by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, one of the UAE’s major financial institutions, has received a certification from Global Innovation ... ( read original story ...)
‘There is no hope’: the slow disintegration of Lebanon
After civil war, decades of corruption and then the blast that ripped through Beirut this summer, things could hardly get any worse. But they have ... ( read original story ...)
Emirates Development Bank launches national supply chain finance platform
Abu Dhabi: Emirates Development Bank (EDB) today announces the launch of UAE’s National Supply Chain Finance (SCF) platform, giving UAE businesses improved access to working capital by enabling ... ( read original story ...)