Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 700,000: WHO
The COVID-19 death toll worldwide has surpassed 700,000, reaching 701,754 as of Thursday, according to the latest number from the World Health Organization (WHO). Globally, as of 12:00 p.m. CEST…
Americans suffer higher risk of dying from COVID-19: expert
Americans suffer higher risk of dying from the coronavirus than people from any other country, a health expert has said. "America has one of the worst numbers on planet Earth.…
Beirut reels from huge blast
Lebanese cabinet vows to punish people responsible Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing people on Wednesday from the wreckage caused by a massive warehouse explosion that…
Pandemic leaves Amazon more vulnerable than ever
The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have already seen their homelands ravaged by illegal deforestation, industrial farming, mining, oil exploration and unlawful occupation of their ancestral territories. Now, the coronavirus…
Urgent actions on Jammu, Kashmir needed: Pakistani Ambassador
UN report cites violence conducted by Indian forces on civilians Pakistan's Ambassador to China urged necessary actions be taken to ease the suffering of Kashmiri people, a year after India…
Thailand shelves ‘travel bubble’ plan
Thailand has delayed plans for a "travel bubble" agreement with select countries as new daily coronavirus cases rise in parts of Asia, putting pressure on its vital tourism industry and…
Singapore monitoring spate of suicides among migrants
Singapore is monitoring a recent spate of suicides and attempted suicides involving migrants which have heightened concerns over the mental health of thousands of low-paid workers confined to their dormitories…
India’s Chinese culture enthusiasts to suffer ‘decoupling’ brunt amid Confucius institutes review: observer
India's education ministry decided to review the establishment of China's Confucius institutes in association with seven local colleges and universities after intelligence agencies raised security concerns over cooperation, the Hindustan…
Friendly NGOs strive to boost people-to-people exchanges to ease tensions
Border clashes in June and the subsequent Indian government ban on several Chinese mobile apps have cast a shroud of uncertainty over China-India relations, but some nongovernmental organizations in the…
Huge explosions rock Beirut
78 killed, 4,000 injured in enormous blasts at vital port Rescuers worked through the night into Wednesday after two enormous explosions ripped through Beirut's port, killing at least 78 people…