Loading...
The Financial Express

Search results for: Asia

24 migrants die in India road mishap

24 migrants die in India road mishap

-- 2020-05-16 13:26:08

At least 24 people were killed and more than 35 were injured when two trucks collided with each other in northern India on Saturday, local officials confirmed said. The accident occurred in the Aurai...

India surpasses China in coronavirus cases

India surpasses China in coronavirus cases

-- 2020-05-16 12:16:43

India’s coronavirus (COVID-19) cases have surpassed China’s with the health ministry on Saturday reporting the spike to 85,940 cases with 2,752 deaths. In total, China has reported 4,633...

‘1,000 Rohingyas stranded at sea as Southeast Asia seals borders’

‘1,000 Rohingyas stranded at sea as Southeast Asia seals borders’

-- 2020-05-15 20:57:33

At least 1,000 Rohingya are stranded at sea as Southeast Asian nations tighten their borders to keep out the new coronavirus, Amnesty International said on Friday, urging action to ensure they were no...

Delayed survey data blurs India’s coronavirus picture

Delayed survey data blurs India’s coronavirus picture

-- 2020-05-15 16:01:24

India has lost two weeks in its bid to get a picture of the spread of the coronavirus in its population because of poor Chinese testing kits, a member of a national task force said, complicating a dec...

India’s COVID-19 cases surpass 80,000 mark, deaths rise to 2,649

India’s COVID-19 cases surpass 80,000 mark, deaths rise to 2,649

-- 2020-05-15 11:35:33

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India reached 81,970 and the number of deaths rose to 2,649 on Friday, said the official data issued by the federal health ministry. The ministry said 100 new de...

Trump threatens to cut ties with China over coronavirus

Trump threatens to cut ties with China over coronavirus

REUTERS 2020-05-15 10:58:57

US President Donald Trump signalled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going...

India to provide free food grains to migrant workers

India to provide free food grains to migrant workers

Reuters 2020-05-14 20:26:17

India will provide free food grains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long lockdown as well as offer employment under a rural jobs programme, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sa...

Japan expected to lift emergency in most areas except Tokyo

Japan expected to lift emergency in most areas except Tokyo

-- 2020-05-14 14:44:32

Japan is expected to lift a state of emergency across a large part of the country on Thursday but the capital Tokyo will likely remain under restrictions until there is a convincing containment of the...

Myanmar's army says it is investigating soldiers over video of abuses

Myanmar's army says it is investigating soldiers over video of abuses

Reuters 2020-05-14 11:54:56

Myanmar’s army said on Wednesday it was investigating soldiers filmed beating and threatening to kill suspected insurgents in the western state of Rakhine, where dozens of people have been kille...

Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan

Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan

REUTERS 2020-05-14 10:05:47

After struggling to get pregnant for years, Zainab, 27, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a small hospital in the southwestern corner of Kabul. She was overjoyed and named the boy Omid, m...

Malaysia detains 1,368 undocumented migrants

Malaysia detains 1,368 undocumented migrants

-- 2020-05-13 20:12:43

Malaysia has detained 1,368 undocumented migrants in an area under lockdown in the latest such raid despite fears the crackdown could push vulnerable people into hiding and increase the risk of corona...

Israeli police arrest 320 over coronavirus breach at Jewish festival

Israeli police arrest 320 over coronavirus breach at Jewish festival

-- 2020-05-13 13:48:32

Israeli police arrested 320 people at a Jewish bonfire festival celebrating an ancient sage, after worshippers rioted over coronavirus restrictions that denied them access to his tomb, officers said o...

Pandemic may give Asia-Pacific’s oceans a chance to recover: UN report

Pandemic may give Asia-Pacific’s oceans a chance to recover: UN report

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-05-13 12:03:56

The well-being of oceans in the Asia-Pacific region are edging closer to a tipping point due to the unprecedented pace of marine pollution, overfishing and climate change in recent years. However, a n...

40 die in Afghanistan militant attacks

40 die in Afghanistan militant attacks

-- 2020-05-13 09:49:07

Gunmen disguised as police attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing 16 people including two newborn babies from a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian or...

Dubai turns world's tallest building into coronavirus charity box

Dubai turns world's tallest building into coronavirus charity box

-- 2020-05-12 20:32:36

The world's tallest building, Dubai's 828-metre Burj Khalifa, has become a glowing charity donation box, raising money for food for United Arab Emirates residents suffering the economic impact of the...

China announces new tariff waivers for some US imports

China announces new tariff waivers for some US imports

-- 2020-05-12 16:16:42

China announced on Tuesday a new list of 79 US products eligible for waivers from retaliatory tariffs imposed at the height of the bilateral trade war, amid continued pressure on Beijing to boost impo...

All mosques in Iran to reopen temporarily on Tuesday

All mosques in Iran to reopen temporarily on Tuesday

Reuters 2020-05-12 11:56:49

All mosques in Iran will reopen temporarily on Tuesday, a further step in the government’s plans to ease restrictions that aimed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the official IRIB n...

India's COVID-19 case count crosses 70,000-mark

India's COVID-19 case count crosses 70,000-mark

-- 2020-05-12 11:00:52

India's federal health ministry has said 87 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 3,604 positive cases were reported since Monday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 2,293 and total cas...

India looks to ease lockdown even as coronavirus infections jump

India looks to ease lockdown even as coronavirus infections jump

REUTERS 2020-05-12 10:56:22

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the country would look to ease a nearly seven-week lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, despite also reporting its bigg...

Japan to approve its first antigen coronavirus test kits on Wednesday

Japan to approve its first antigen coronavirus test kits on Wednesday

-- 2020-05-12 10:31:09

The Japanese Health Ministry is set to approve antigen coronavirus testing kits on Wednesday, a ministry official said on Tuesday, in a move to boost the number of diagnostic tests available to battle...

‘Rights bodies express concern over hate speech against Rohingyas in Malaysia’

‘Rights bodies express concern over hate speech against Rohingyas in Malaysia’

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-05-11 19:56:51

As many as 84 local and international human rights organisations expressed their concerns over violence and hate speech against Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. They expressed concer...

Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors

Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors

-- 2020-05-11 14:59:41

One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran’s navy said on Monday. The incident took place during training...

Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

Vietnam reopens schools after easing coronavirus curbs

Reuters 2020-05-11 14:19:37

Authorities at kindergartens and primary schools in Vietnam took children’s temperatures at the gates when they re-opened on Monday from a months-long closure over the coronavirus pandemic, foll...

Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan

Mainland China reports 17 new COVID-19 cases amid new infections in Wuhan

-- 2020-05-11 10:40:34

China reported 17 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland on May 10, rising from a day earlier and marking the highest daily increase since April 28, highlighting the difficulty in stamping out the disease...

India issues guidelines for post-lockdown factory restarts after fatal gas leak

India issues guidelines for post-lockdown factory restarts after fatal gas leak

Reuters 2020-05-10 19:31:32

India has issued guidelines to ensure the safe restart of manufacturing facilities, after weeks’ long nationwide lockdown aimed at stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus. The guidelines c...

Malaysia extends curbs on movement, businesses to June 9

Malaysia extends curbs on movement, businesses to June 9

-- 2020-05-10 13:22:08

Malaysia’s government extended the time frame for movement and business curbs by another four weeks to June 9, amid a gradual reopening of economic activity stunted by the coronavirus pandemic....

China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3

China reports first coronavirus case in Wuhan since April 3

Reuters 2020-05-10 11:48:07

China’s National Health Commission reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases on May 9, the highest number since April 28, including the first for more than a month in the city of Wuhan where t...

South Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month

South Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month

-- 2020-05-10 10:53:37

South Korea reported 34 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the highest daily number in a month, after a small outbreak emerged around a slew of nightclubs that a confirmed patient had visited. Of the n...

‘Iran-linked hackers targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead’

‘Iran-linked hackers targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead’

-- 2020-05-09 17:28:27

Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at US drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as...

China plans reformation of disease prevention system

China plans reformation of disease prevention system

-- 2020-05-09 17:04:46

China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus outbreak, a senior health official said on Saturday. China has been criticised domesticall...