CHIRIKOT SECTOR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's military this week said there had been an escalation in firing and shelling across the de facto border that separates Pakistani and Indian-controlled ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan returns 200-year-old temple to Sikhs in southwest
A 200-year-old Sikh temple that served as a school for Muslim girls for seven decades was returned to the Sikh community in Quetta, enabling them to worship there for the first time in 73 years, ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan denies reports funds for fighting COVID-19 misused
Government denies $130m meant to combat pandemic have been mismanaged as country faces severe medicine shortages. ( read original story ...)
WHO says U.S., Brazil and India can ‘deal with’ pandemic
The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the United States, Brazil and India, which are all suffering fast rises in coronavirus cases, can still get on top of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Covid-19 Attacks India’s Vast Rural Heartland
Rural India—home to 900 million people—is witnessing a surge in coronavirus infections, with an exodus of migrant workers from megacities and industrial hubs, who bring Covid-19 home with them, posing ... ( read original story ...)
Gold rallies anew on latest U.S.-China row, stocks falter
The dollar weakened and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities meandered after earlier gains in Europe and Asia as rising cases of COVID-19 crimped the U.S. labor market and ... ( read original story ...)
China harboring military-linked fugitive scientist at San Francisco consulate, FBI says
Tensions between the United States and China have continued to ratchet up following the forced closure by Washington of Beijing's consulate in Houston, amid revelations that federal prosecutors are ... ( read original story ...)
China Says It Will Have Covid-19 Vaccine Ready This Year
China’s state-owned Sinopharm, one of the first Chinese projects to start testing its Covid-19 vaccine candidates overseas, said it would have a vaccine ready for the public before the end of the year ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets
The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate. ( read original story ...)
Federal charges filed against Chinese cancer researcher as U.S.-China tensions rise
Prosecutors say Tang Juan lied on her visa application about ties to the Chinese military and Communist Party. ( read original story ...)