Pakistan will target growth of 2.3% in fiscal year 2020-21, according to government officials and documents seen by Reuters that said the economic landscape would depend mainly on the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll rises to 18 in Pakistan building collapse
The death toll from a building collapse in Karachi rose to at least 18 on Tuesday, with the final count expected to increase further, Pakistani officials said. The five-storey residential building ... ( read original story ...)
China’s hostility to India isn’t going to blow over
The Himalayas form a craggy physical border dividing with spate and scree two nuclear powers, India and China. The mountains also mark a civilisational border within Asia, between the individualism of ... ( read original story ...)
Huge Fire Breaks Out At India Gas Well Blowout
A huge fire broke out at an oil field near popular ecotourism spots in northeastern India on Tuesday, after gas that had spewed for two weeks from a blown-out well ignited, officials said. The gas ... ( read original story ...)
Why China’s business elite are sending masks to Africa
China's wealthiest are gaining attention as global humanitarian donors after companies and individuals gave millions of dollars in medical supplies, food, and cash to countries worldwide. It's a ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: China warns students over ‘risks’ of studying in Australia
China has warned students to consider the risks of studying in Australia during the pandemic, aggravating a political row between the nations. China's education ministry on Tuesday issued the advisory ... ( read original story ...)
China, scientists dismiss Harvard study suggesting COVID-19 was spreading in Wuhan in August
Beijing dismissed as "ridiculous" a Harvard Medical School study of hospital traffic and search engine data that suggested the new coronavirus may already have been spreading in China last August, and ... ( read original story ...)
Protests leave permanent imprint on Hong Kong’s streets
Torn up paving stones filled-in with concrete, cages erected over bridges and security guards on campus entrances -- protests have left a permanent imprint on Hong Kong's streets after a year of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong government to take stake in Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong government will take a stake in Cathay Pacific and increase its influence over the airline’s board as part of a HK$39bn (US$5bn) rescue plan. In what marks a rare direct purchase by the ... ( read original story ...)
Nemir Kirdar, father of private equity globally, dies at 83
The former Chase Manhattan banker founded Bahrain's Investcorp and ran the alternative investment firm for more than three decades ... ( read original story ...)