Indonesia reported on Tuesday 486 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 18,496, the country's COVID-19 task force reported on its official website. ( read original story ...)
Trump’s use of malaria drug likely to be welcomed in India
President Donald Trump’s declaration that he was taking an antimalarial drug of dubious effectiveness to help fend off the coronavirus will likely be welcomed in India. ( read original story ...)
Super Cyclone Bears Down on India and Bangladesh
Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as Cyclone Amphan approaches, one of the region’s most powerful storms in decades. ( read original story ...)
Amphan: India and Bangladesh evacuate millions ahead of super cyclone
India and Bangladesh are evacuating millions of people from coastal areas ahead of a super cyclone which is approaching from the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone Amphan is expected to make landfall in an area ... ( read original story ...)
India, Bangladesh brace for cyclone in the midst of pandemic
A strong cyclone was moving toward India and Bangladesh on Tuesday as authorities were trying to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing. Amphan is expected to make landfall on ... ( read original story ...)
Global worries as infections spike in Russia, Brazil, India
New coronavirus cases have been spiking from India to South Africa to Mexico in a clear indication that the pandemic is far from over, while Russia and Brazil now sit behind only the United States in ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: India resumes purchases of Malaysian palm oil – traders
Indian buyers have resumed purchases of Malaysian palm oil after a four-month gap following a diplomatic row, with buying spurred by a fall in domestic inventories and discounted prices, trade sources ... ( read original story ...)
‘My angel’: man who became face of India’s stranded helped home by stranger
Image captured the plight of the millions of migrant labourers left unable to return home in the pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Virus cases in India surge past 100,000
The number of coronavirus cases in India has surged past 100,000, and infections are on the rise in home states of the migrant workers who left cities and towns during the nationwide lockdown ... ( read original story ...)
Air pollution is already spiking in China with the virus lockdown lifted
As industry resumes, deadly pollutants hit levels in April even higher than last year, prompting warnings of a "dirty" economic rebound. ( read original story ...)