Because LNG is poorly suited for long-term storage, Japan only has a two-week stockpile. Yet the country depends on the fuel for 40 per cent of its electric power generation, and all of the LNG it ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: How India’s lockdown sparked a debate over maids
But for the past six weeks, millions of middle-class homes have had to manage without their maids, cooks, nannies, nurses, drivers and gardeners as India imposed a strict nationwide lockdown to arrest ... ( read original story ...)
India Repatriation, Duterte, France: Your Wednesday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering an effort to repatriate thousands of Indians from abroad, a potential change in the virus’s timeline and how Taiwan is trying to keep baseball fans’ hopes alive. Jumbo ... ( read original story ...)
A security expert says India’s contact tracing app has flaws. New Delhi says they are ‘by design’
The Indian government has said that its contact tracing app Aarogya Setu "by design" fetches the location data of its 90 million users and allows them to view the concentration of people who have ... ( read original story ...)
Why Gulf States Are Backtracking on India
Why Gulf States Are Backtracking on India... Over the last several years, especially under the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India had made significant strides in its relations with the ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Reopening Is a Multicolored Mess
Slicing the country into green, orange and red zones will be ineffective. Fiscal support is what is really needed. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Can live-streaming save China’s economy?
"I'm a bit nervous," confessed Li Qiang, the deputy mayor of Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus was first reported late last year, as he awaited the start of his first-ever TikTok ... ( read original story ...)
China launches new rocket into space as it steps up Moon landing plans
Space agency tests new design that is billed to replace current Shenzhou module, a copy of Russia’s Soyuz ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese ambassador: Blaming China will not end this pandemic
An unnecessary burden has been distracting our focus and undercutting international efforts to curb the virus. ( read original story ...)
Ji Chaozhu, Interpreter for China During Nixon’s Trip, Dies at 90
With his flawless English, he sometimes translated for both American and Chinese officials, making him the “indispensable man.” ... ( read original story ...)