British officials have discussed supplies of 5G networking equipment with companies in South Korea and Japan as part of a bid to develop alternatives to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, a person ... ( read original story ...)
India coronavirus: Recession looms as economy reopens
By all accounts, reversing the disruption caused by India's lockdown will be a long haul - and the price businesses, especially small firms, have paid is just starting to become clear. “At least 20% ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Reliance conglomerate raises $7bn in rights issue
Sprawling company of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, claims world’s biggest non-bank fundraising in a decade ... ( read original story ...)
India evacuates 100,000 from homes, virus hospital ahead of cyclone
At least 100,000 people, including some coronavirus patients, were being moved to safer locations according to officials Tuesday, as India's west coast braced for a cyclone, the first such storm to ... ( read original story ...)
Cyclone Nisarga: India’s Mumbai escapes its worst cyclone in decades
Packing winds of more than 100km/h, Cyclone Nisarga intensified on its approach from the hot waters of the Arabian Sea. It began making landfall at about 13:00 local time (07:30GMT) around Alibaug in ... ( read original story ...)
Trump says not mulling sanctions on China’s Xi over Hong Kong
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was not considering placing sanctions on Chinese President Xi Jinping personally over China's push to impose national security legislation in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
China held back data on coronavirus from WHO
Beijing frustrated World Health Organisation (WHO) officials as they struggled to get critical information at the start of the coronavirus outbreak, leaked internal recordings reveal.The recordings ... ( read original story ...)
British PM Johnson tells China: We’ll not walk away from Hong Kong people
Britain will not walk away from the people of Hong Kong if China imposes a national security law that would conflict with its international obligations under a 1984 accord, Prime Minister Boris ... ( read original story ...)
AP report raises concerns about China and WHO; China denies
At least two U.S. senators said Wednesday that China hid data from the World Health Organization that could have altered the course of the coronavirus outbreak, even as a Chinese official ... ( read original story ...)
China’s crackdown on Hong Kong spooks western law firms
Among the large number of lawyers working for western law firms based in China, two anniversaries will be on their minds: 31 years ago today the Chinese government brutally quashed student protests in ... ( read original story ...)