Authorities in Pakistan are taking action to seal off high-risk areas in the country's 20 biggest cities after an increase in coronavirus infections. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia says U.S. not investigating VAT on digital services
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's plan to impose 10% value-added tax (VAT) on digital services offered by technology giants is not the subject of a trade investigation by the United States, Indonesia's ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. and China both topple in rankings of the best places to work and do business
As the world's two largest economies lose ground, smaller nations shift up in the Institute for Management Development's new World Competitiveness Ranking. ( read original story ...)
At least 3 soldiers are dead after a simmering conflict between India and China in the Himalayas erupted into violence
China claimed Indian troops repeatedly crossed its fraught border high in the mountains. India reported that two soliders and an officer were jilled. ( read original story ...)
Sorry, China: U.S. Aircraft Carriers Are Far From Obsolete
The U.S. Navy is now operating three aircraft carriers in the Pacific in what appears to be a strong show of force following Chinese movements and comments regarding Taiwan and the South China Sea. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chief says opponents of security law are ‘enemy of the people’
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday urged opponents of Beijing's plan to impose national security legislation in the financial hub to stop "smearing" the effort, saying those who did were "the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan jets ‘drive away’ intruding Chinese fighter plane, third intrusion in days
Taiwan air force jets "drove away" a Chinese fighter plane that briefly entered Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, reporting the third intrusion in a week. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan says Chinese fighter briefly enters defence zone
Taiwan said a Chinese fighter jet briefly entered its air defence zone on Tuesday, the third incursion in a week, prompting the island to scramble its own aircraft in response. Beijing views ... ( read original story ...)
Evacuation flight lands with returnees from Maldives
An Air India evacuation flight from Maldives has landed in this tech city with a stopover at Thiruvananthapuram, carrying 155 returnees, said an official on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
In Vermont, an immigrant city races to tamp down an outbreak
After months of having some of the fewest coronavirus cases in the country, Vermont is now trying to contain an outbreak that has hit an immigrant community in a small but densely populated city. What ... ( read original story ...)