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Former Uyghur Muslim Preacher Confirmed Dead in Prison in China’s Xinjiang
WASHINGTON --Â A Uyghur Muslim preacher, serving a five-year sentence in China's far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, died of liver cancer...
Uzbekistan Claims 18 Children Died After Consuming Cough Syrup Made by Indian Firm
India has launched a probe into the matter and the manufacturing of the cough syrup has been halted at the Noida unit of the pharmaceutical...
‘She Thought She Would Die’: Rohingya Refugees Reach Indonesia After Weeks at Sea
JAKARTA -- More than 200 rescued Rohingya refugees were receiving emergency health assistance in Indonesia, a UN agency said on Tuesday, after they were...
China Could Bring Down Potential Death Toll to Less Than 2 Lakh: Study
HONG KONG --Â China could reduce the number of deaths to less than 200,000 if it implements public health measures to help slow the spread...
‘The ICU is Full’: Frontline Workers of China’s Covid-19 Fight Say Hospitals are ‘Overwhelmed’
IN more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this.
Patients are arriving at his...