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 ...)
U.S. threatens China with sanctions over handling of pro-democracy protesters
The Trump administration is threatening new sanctions over China's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong. Protesters clashed with police over a proposed national security law from ... ( read original story ...)
World Health Organization Renews Praise for China in Response to Coronavirus
World Health Organization officials have renewed praise for China in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, citing its “openness” to the prospect of scientific inquiries involving foreign experts into the ... ( read original story ...)
China demands US withdraw sanctions on tech suppliers
China has demanded that Washington withdraw export sanctions imposed on Chinese companies in the latest round of a worsening conflict over technology, security and human rights ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan promises ‘necessary assistance’ to Hong Kong’s people
Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with "necessary assistance", President Tsai Ing-wen said, after a resurgence in protests in the Chinese ruled territory against newly proposed national ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar has ‘solid line-up’ of infrastructure, hospitality projects in preparation of 2022 influx of visitors
Qatar still has a “solid line-up” of infrastructure and hospitality projects to prepare itself for the large influx of visitors in 2022, although the tournament’s flagship projects ... ( read original story ...)