Asia
China Under Mounting Pressure Over Virus Origins
The new focus on China’s role came as the world wrestles with a crisis that has killed more than 140,000 people and created historic...
Pandemic to Bring Asia’s 2020 Growth to Halt for First Time in 60 Years: IMF
Leika Kihara | Reuters
TOKYO — Asia’s economic growth this year will grind to a halt for the first time in 60 years, as the...
Spectre of Targeted Attacks Looms Over Lockdown-hit Rohingya Refugees
There are approximately 18,000 Rohingyas camping in ghettos in Delhi, Jammu, Hyderabad, Haryana and Rajasthan, according to NGOs’ estimate
Zafar Aafaq | Clarion India
NEW DELHI...
Chinese Scientists Looking for Covid-19 Treatment Claim Finding ‘Effective’ Antibodies
BEIJING (Reuters) — A team of Chinese scientists has isolated several antibodies that it says are “extremely effective” at blocking the ability of the...
Covid-19: Xi Wins Trump’s Respect as Beijing Offers to Help US
The United States now has the most coronavirus cases of any country, with 94,299 infections and 1,259 deaths
WASHINGTON/BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping told...