Celebrities and other critics of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have taken to social media in droves to protest against a plan to raise the retirement age for prosecutors, calling it undemocratic ... ( read original story ...)
Carcass Of Endangered Dolphin In Bangladesh Sparks Poaching Fears
The dolphin is already the second dead Ganges river dolphin discovered since the coronavirus-related lockdown began. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh sends 300 Rohingya to live on perilous island
Rohingya refugees fleeing violent persecution in Burma have been sent to a remote island stricken by floods and frequented by pirates.More than 300 Rohingya, who had been drifting helplessly in ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus Live Updates: India to Restart Trains Even as Infections Rise
Passengers will have to wear masks and undergo health screenings. U.K. announces mandatory quarantine for incoming travelers. ( read original story ...)
Shock in India at hospital footage of bodies lying next to Covid-19 patients
Dean of Mumbai’s Sion hospital demoted after video emerges of bodies wrapped in plastic lying next to patients ... ( read original story ...)
What’s on TV Monday: ‘Have a Good Trip’ and ‘Phantom India’
A documentary about celebrity experiences with hallucinogenic drugs drops on Netflix. And Louis Malle’s mammoth movie about India is available on the Criterion Channel. ( read original story ...)
As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have increasingly been exporting to China ... ( read original story ...)
Western countries want to reopen. Renewed outbreaks in China and South Korea show the continued risk
That two countries which appeared to be on top of the virus are again reporting domestic transmissions demonstrates the potential risk of opening up too soon. ( read original story ...)
‘Now it starts again’: new coronavirus outbreaks spark unease in China
Cases rise in Shulan, near the Russian border, and in Wuhan, where stringent lockdown measures had been eased in recent weeks ... ( read original story ...)
China’s purchases of US goods will fall way short of ‘phase one’ trade deal due to the coronavirus, says think tank
The Center for Strategic and International Studies projected that exports of U.S. goods to China could come in at only $60 billion for the entire 2020 — much lower than what's outlined in the "phase ... ( read original story ...)