"As you can see the administration has closed down the mosque," said Mohammad Zubair, a 28-year-old government servant. In late March, authorities across Pakistan ordered mosque administrators to ... ( read original story ...)
US Provides $8 Million Aid to Pakistan to Help Fight Coronavirus Pandemic
All of these contributions were identified as top priority needs by the Pakistani authorities, and they are fully paid for by the American people, according to a statement. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia Now Has The Most Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Southeast Asia
Indonesia now has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in all of Southeast Asia, according to numbers released by the government on Friday. The Health Ministry in Jakarta reports 5,923 ... ( read original story ...)
India’s automakers seek tax cut to boost demand after coronavirus hit
Automakers in India want a temporary tax cut on cars, trucks and motorbikes as well as incentives to scrap old vehicles, to try to boost sales and generate revenue after the coronavirus outbreak has ... ( read original story ...)
India’s central bank cuts reverse repo rate to try and spur bank lending
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the central bank had cut its reverse repo rate to 3.75% with immediate effect, to encourage banks to "deploy surplus funds." ... ( read original story ...)
AP PHOTOS: A lonely burial in India amid virus lockdown
The hearse van carrying the woman's body zoomed past the gate and stationed itself near the far end of the graveyard, a space reserved for Muslims who died of COVID-19 in India's capital. Of the many ... ( read original story ...)
Pompeo tells Russia’s Lavrov any new arms control talks must include China
Pompeo emphasized in a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that “any future arms control talks must be based on President (Donald) Trump’s vision for a ... ( read original story ...)
Amid international skepticism, China defends its official data after revising Wuhan death toll by 50 percent
China revised its official coronavirus death toll in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the outbreak, by around 50 percent on Friday, citing new statistical evidence that has emerged as the city begins ... ( read original story ...)
China says its economy shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter as the country battled coronavirus
China reported that its first quarter GDP contracted by 6.8% in 2020 from a year ago as the coronavirus outbreak seriously impacted the world's second largest economy. ( read original story ...)
The Radical ’70s Magazine That Shaped the Hong Kong Left
When Ng Chung-yin met Augustine Mok Chiu-yu, they were doing a sit-in protest on the steps of Chu Hai College in Hong Kong. It was August 1969, and 12 students had just been expel ... ( read original story ...)