The annual monsoon rain is particularly bad this year and the city of Karachi is largely underwater, Roads have turned to rivers, houses have been destroyed and people had to flee to shelters. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia sees record new coronavirus cases; clusters at factories
Indonesia reported its biggest rise in new coronavirus cases for a second successive day on Friday, while operations at a second factory in the country's biggest province were scaled down following ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia sees record new virus cases
Indonesia has reported its biggest rise in coronavirus cases for a second successive day, while operations at a second factory in the country's biggest ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports record new coronavirus cases for second day
Indonesia on Friday reported 3,003 new coronavirus cases, its biggest rise in new infections for a second successive day, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. ( read original story ...)
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urges India to end use of coal
United Nations Secretary-general Antonio Guterres called on India Friday to stop using coal as a source of affordable energy, saying it must end the fossil fuel if it truly wants to be a global ... ( read original story ...)
UN chief urges India to quickly move to clean solar power
The U.N. chief has urged India to commit to carbon neutrality by ending fossil fuel subsidies and investing in clean solar power as it mobilizes trillion of dollars to recover from the coronavirus pan ... ( read original story ...)
China’s European charm offensive disrupted by activists
Protests against treatment of HongKongers and Uighurs accompany foreign minister’s continental visit ... ( read original story ...)
The Real China Reshoring Isn’t What You Think
Foreign brands need to retool for more Chinese spending at home. ( read original story ...)
Europe and China must keep conversation going: Merkel
Europe and China should keep the conversation going on topics on which they can cooperate, such as climate change, but also on difficult topics on which they do not agree, such as Hong Kong, German ... ( read original story ...)
Israel allocates NIS 86m. for coronavirus vaccine development
The Finance and Defense ministries will allocate NIS 86 million to help the Israel Institute for Biological Research develop a coronavirus vaccine, they announced Thursday. The funding is for a pilot ... ( read original story ...)