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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows banned Qatar Charity to open country office eying $11 mln

The charity’s accounts were frozen and a top lawyer was arrested arbitrarily for having linkings with ISIS

January 12, 2023 2 min read

Bangladesh start-ups see progress

Bangladesh's startups grew nearly tenfold in the 2020/2021 period

January 1, 2023 3 min read

Anwar: Not Malaysia’s Mandela, but something more

To those observing from the outside, it was a remarkable sight.

November 28, 2022 10 min read

Trump launches Presidential bid to make America 'glorious'

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November 16, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka inks deal with Korea for floating solar plants

KIAT will give a grant of 5.2 million  dollars to the Sustainable Energy Authority in order to build the projects.

Sri Lanka President bets for China-inclusive Asia-led economy

“We want an Asia that can accommodate the Indo-Pacific, the BRI, as well as the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo- Pacific”

First virus death in Nepal -- a new mother

Nepal reported its first coronavirus death late Saturday -- a 29-year-old woman who recently gave birth -- as the total ...

May 17, 2020 2 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments with 309,000 deaths

The coronavirus has killed 309,296 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, according to an AFP tally...

May 17, 2020 2 min read

Why is Taiwan excluded from the WHO?

The coronavirus pandemic has shone a spotlight on Taiwan's exclusion from the World Health Organization and ignited a di...

May 16, 2020 4 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments

US President Donald Trump says he no longer wishes to speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and warns he might cut ties o...

May 15, 2020 3 min read

'Major' mental health crisis looming from pandemic: UN

The coronavirus outbreak risks sparking a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warned Thursday, calling...

May 14, 2020 3 min read

As countries begin reopening, US virus expert warns of dangers

France began reopening schools on Tuesday and Russia and India started getting back to work as the top US infectious dis...

May 13, 2020 5 min read

Europe, New York start emerging from lockdown as fresh cases hit China, Korea

Swathes of Europe as well as New York began the long process of reopening from coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, but a re...

May 12, 2020 5 min read

France, Spain move toward reopening as global virus cases pass four million

People in France and Spain, two of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, were preparing Sunday for an e...

May 10, 2020 5 min read

Argentina misses deadline on international debt agreement

Argentina missed a Friday deadline to reach an agreement with international creditors to restructure its massive debt, b...

May 9, 2020 2 min read

Grim economic data reveals virus devastation

A new raft of bleak economic data laid bare the crippling worldwide impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, as h...

May 8, 2020 5 min read
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Coronavirus: latest global developments

At least 260,546 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, accordin...

May 7, 2020 3 min read

The Wuhan virus lab at the heart of the US-China spat

The Chinese laboratory accused by top American officials of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic conducts resear...

May 6, 2020 4 min read

Coronavirus: latest global developments

At least 254,532 people have died of the novel coronavirus since the epidemic surfaced in China late last year, accordin...

May 6, 2020 2 min read

Equities tumble in Asia as Trump revives trade war fears

May 4, 2020 3 min read

Warren Buffett: 'American magic' will spur US economic recovery

Billionaire investor Warren Buffet said Saturday he's confident the US economy will bounce back from its pummeling by th...

May 3, 2020 3 min read

Asia virus latest: Macau casino revenue plunges, Singapore rehouses migrant workers

Macau's gaming revenue was virtually wiped out in April as casinos suffered their worst month on record owing to measure...

May 1, 2020 4 min read

Hopes rise in Coronavirus battle as US trial shows remdesivir speeds up recovery

US scientists on Wednesday hailed a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus fight as a trial showed patients respondin...

April 30, 2020 5 min read

Global virus update: US registers millionth case as pandemic lockdowns ease

The United States on Tuesday recorded its one-millionth coronavirus case as countries including Spain, Russia and Nigeri...

April 29, 2020 5 min read

Kissing, hugging, family ties; why has Spain been hit hard by Coronavirus?

In Spain, one of the hardest-hit countries in the pandemic, the coronavirus spread quickly and widely without being det...

April 28, 2020 4 min read

Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown

Hundreds of Bangladesh's garment factories defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to reopen on Sunday, raising fears t...

April 27, 2020 2 min read
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