The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines breached the 14,000 mark on Sunday after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 258 new infections, raising the total to 14, ... ( read original story ...)
Survivor of Pakistan Airline Crash Recalls Last Moments of Doomed Flight: ‘I Heard People Crying, Children Crying’
"I saw so much smoke and fire. I heard people crying, children crying," Zubair said, describing how he managed to crawl out of the smoke and rubble before being whisked into an ambulance by emergency ... ( read original story ...)
UAE-based Pakistani expat lost parents in the Pakistan International Airlines plane crash in Karachi
Rescue workers gather at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan, May 22, 2020. Image Credit: Reuters Dubai: A Pakistani resident in the UAE has ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports 21 new coronavirus deaths, 526 new cases
Indonesia confirmed on Sunday 526 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 22,271 cases, said health ministry official Achmad Yurianto. ( read original story ...)
India’s Reliance launches JioMart online grocery service, challenging Amazon, Flipkart
Reliance Industries Ltd has launched an online grocery service, JioMart, the head of its grocery retail business said, in a move aimed at rivalling Amazon.com's local unit and Walmart Inc's Flipkart ... ( read original story ...)
‘CA will want to keep India happy’: Taylor on Australia’s IPL dilemma
A diplomatic balancing act looms for Australian cricket from this week when a decision could be made on the future of the Twenty20 World Cup. ( read original story ...)
Xi says China could have set GDP growth goal around 6% had there been no coronavirus
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China's annual economic growth target could have been set around 6% had the new coronavirus epidemic not happened, according to state media reports on Saturday. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters decry China security law plan
Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters rallying against China's plans to impose a new security law on the territory. Thousands of demonstrators have been marching ... ( read original story ...)
China warns US pushing relations to ‘brink of new Cold War’
The United States is pushing relations with China to "the brink of a new Cold War", China's foreign minster said Sunday, rejecting US "lies" over the coronavirus while saying Beijing was open to an ... ( read original story ...)
China signals room left to borrow in drive for economic rebound
Cong Liang, secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said at a press conference on Saturday that it was “viable, safe and necessary” for the Chinese government to ... ( read original story ...)