The team of experts from an Airbus facility in the French city of Toulouse reached Pakistan on Monday to carry out an independent probe into Friday's mishap. ( read original story ...)
Asia virus latest: SKorean jailed for breaking quarantine, Indonesia deploys troops
A South Korean man was jailed for four months on Tuesday for breaking coronavirus quarantine rules, authorities said, in the country's first such prison sentence. The man, 27, left home while under 14 ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia, Major Advocate of Hydroxychloroquine, Told by WHO to Stop Using It
A nurse shows a pill of hydroxychloroquine, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Nossa Senhora da Conceicao hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/Diego VaraReuters ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: South Korea cases rise, India crosses 150,000
South Korea reported 40 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump in nearly 50 days, causing alarm in a country where millions of children were returning ... ( read original story ...)
Mumbai: How Covid-19 has ravaged India’s richest city
With more than 31,000 cases, Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India's coronavirus infections and nearly a quarter of deaths. The BBC's Yogita Limaye finds out why India's financial capital is ... ( read original story ...)
India Promotes Hydroxychloroquine, Despite WHO Stopping Trials Over Safety Issues
The director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday insisted there is "no harm" in taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19, despite the World Health Organization halting a ... ( read original story ...)
India’s contact-tracing app is going open-source
India said it will publicly release the source code of its contact-tracing app, Aarogya Setu, to the relief of privacy and security experts who have been advocating for this ever since the app ... ( read original story ...)
Locusts strip the fields bare in northern India
First came Cyclone Amphan, which pulverised Calcutta last week. Now a plague of desert locusts is bearing down on Delhi after eating its way across northern India.They sneaked in from Pakistan around ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Pacific stocks mixed as U.S.-China tensions dampen investor sentiment
Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed in Wednesday afternoon trade as investors weighed the potential impact of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing against economies reopening, as coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)
In Hong Kong and beyond, China moves to consolidate position of strength as pandemic fades
This is by no means the first time Beijing has flexed its muscles in the South China Sea, or engaged in border disputes with India. But with political leaders in Washington and Ne ... ( read original story ...)