A second tanker dispatched by Iran was welcomed Monday by Venezuela, a lifeline for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that reflects the closer ties being forged between Tehran and U.S. adversaries ... ( read original story ...)
Oil-Starved Venezuela Celebrates Arrival of Tankers From Iran
Venezuela needs gasoline and has gold. Iran has oil but needs cash. U. S. officials claim that Venezuela is paying Iran in gold. Both Venezuela and Iran are eager to punch back at ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus In Japan: Prime Minister Abe Lifts State Of Emergency As New Cases Decline
The recent decline in new coronavirus infections has prompted Japanese officials to completely lift the country's state of emergency lockdown. ( read original story ...)
Asia Pacific stocks set to trade higher on vaccine hopes; Japan lifts state of emergency
American biotech firm Novavax said Monday it started the first human study of its experimental coronavirus vaccine. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan crash: ‘There were cries and people prayed. Then the plane hit’
As the ground reared up towards the aircraft in those final seconds, Muhammad Zubair remembers the screams and desperate prayers of the passengers around him. “The plane was shaking violently. There ... ( read original story ...)
Karachi air crash: Airbus technical team leaves for Pakistan
The team of renowned plane manufacturing company, Airbus, has left for Pakistan to investigate the recent crash of one of its own manufactured aircraft in Karachi.The team of technical advisers left ... ( read original story ...)
Watch: Swarms of locusts fill the skies of central and northern India
Crops across much of India have been devastated by swarms of locusts. Numbers of the insects are at their highest for a quarter of a century, and swarms have also struck in the Middle East and east ... ( read original story ...)
Death of the coffee king: power and money in corporate India
Siddhartha was one of the state’s most successful and influential men: the founder of Café Coffee Day, India’s answer to Starbucks. He owned 1,700 stores nationwide and 4,500 hectares of coffee ... ( read original story ...)
India’s draconian lockdown gives way to a sudden easing
I went last week to pick up my daughter’s bright red winter coat from the dry cleaners, where I’d left it in late March, days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered 1.4bn Indians into one of the ... ( read original story ...)
China, U.S. on ‘Brink of New Cold War’ Over Coronavirus, Hong Kong, Foreign Minister Says
China and the United States are veering toward a "new Cold War," Beijing's foreign minister warned just one day after Hong Kong protests reignited. ( read original story ...)