Thailand has tightened security at the main border trade gateway with Myanmar in Mae Sot district of Tak province after three Myanmar nationals tested positive for the coronavirus at the Thai border. ( read original story ...)
India’s Coronavirus Infections Cross 7 Million Ahead of Festivals
India's coronavirus caseload topped 7 million on Sunday when the health ministry reported 74,383 new infections in the previous 24 hours, with a rise in infections in southern states offsetting a drop ... ( read original story ...)
The world recorded more than 1 million new cases in the last three days, and India’s total infections passed 7 million.
The world recorded more than one million new cases of the coronavirus in the last three days, as one-day records for new infections were set in France, Russia, Nepal and several U.S. states, and as ... ( read original story ...)
How Australia-China relations have hit ‘lowest ebb in decades’
China relationship is unravelling at a pace that could not have been contemplated just six months ago," academic James Laurenceson wrote recently. Take the escalation in recent weeks alone. Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
The Times view on China’s return to the United Nations: Hostile Makeover
This week countries will gather at the United Nations headquarters to elect next year’s representatives to the organisation’s top human rights body. The UN Human Rights Council’s utility has long been ... ( read original story ...)
HBKU’s College of Islamic Studies webinar joins dots between Islamic Social Finance and UN SDGs
The potential for Zakat financing to fill funding gaps for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was the opening subject of a three-part webinar series co-organized by the College of ... ( read original story ...)
World Bank predicts surplus of net financial liabilities of Azerbaijan’s balance of payments
Azerbaijani president says possibilities of Russia to influence settlement of Karabakh conflict incomparably greater than those of any other country Politics 18:02 President Ilham Aliyev: Armenia's ... ( read original story ...)
Israel Finance Ministry Director Quits, Thins Top Ranks Further
Her departure, announced Sunday in a joint statement with Finance Minister Israel Katz, follows departures by Shaul ... ( read original story ...)
Israel finance minister promises budget by December, another official quits
Israel's finance minister promised on Sunday the long awaited 2021 state budget would be ready in December amid accusations the government was dragging its heels for political reasons and after a ... ( read original story ...)
UAE community helps residents get fit for free
Local initiative Daman Heroes has been offering online fitness sessions for free, thanks to community members who are taking the time out to guide virtual audiences through a variety of exercise ... ( read original story ...)