Pakistan's Information Minister Shibli Faraz said the government resources were not enough to sustain the pressure of an indefinite Covid-19 lockdown. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Mexico issues guidelines on reopening businesses
Mexico’s top advisory body on the coronavirus pandemic says it has issued guidelines that would allow for the re-opening of construction, mining, and car and truck manufacturing ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Pakistan tops 2,000 new cases for 1st time
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: India announces $264bn economic rescue package
India has announced a 20 trillion rupee ($264bn; £216bn) economic package to help the country cope with its prolonged coronavirus lockdown. In a televised address Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the ... ( read original story ...)
India Scrambles Jets to Chinese Border in Latest Flare Up Along Disputed Border
"The Chinese military helicopters were flying very close to the Line of Actual Control," according to Indian news outlet ANI. ( read original story ...)
India coronavirus: The way these states handled the virus shows the country’s vast divide
Kerala became the first Indian state to report a coronavirus case. Now, four months later, it claims it has flattened the curve. ( read original story ...)
Canada’s Calgary Zoo to return two pandas to China because it can’t get enough bamboo to feed them
The Calgary Zoo in Canada is sending two giant pandas back to China due to a shortage of bamboo. The zoo said in a statement that it usually flies in bamboo from China to feed the animals, but the ... ( read original story ...)
Asia stocks dented by pandemic fears and US-China tension
Stocks across Asia Pacific fell, under pressure from rising US-China tension and concerns over the timeline for reopening the world’s largest economy after the coronavirus pandemic. Hong Kong’s ... ( read original story ...)
Dealing With China and Our Own Problems
America, like the rest of the world, has been asleep at the switch, focused on internal infighting. ( read original story ...)
The Key Geopolitical Risks of Post-Coronavirus China | Opinion
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of virtually everyone on the planet, making it difficult to forecast everything from our personal lives to geopolitical risk. Nowhere is this uncertainty ... ( read original story ...)