Asia Today: India Reports over 8,000 New Virus Cases
NEW DELHI – India reported more than 8,000 new cases of the coronavirus in a single day, another record high that topped the deadliest week in the country.
Confirmed infections have risen to 182,143, with 5,164 fatalities, including 193 in …
SpaceX Astronauts Welcomed Aboard International Space Station
The crew of the International Space Station welcomed U.S. astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken after their privately built SpaceX capsule docked Sunday.
NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner shook hands with their new …
US Astronauts Dock SpaceX Capsule at International Space Station
U.S. astronauts Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken docked SpaceX’s newly designed Crew Dragon capsule at the International Space Station on Sunday.
Hurley, 53, and Behnken, 49, both former military test pilots who joined NASA in 2000, lifted off into space …
EU Calls On Trump to Rethink Cutting WHO Funding
The European Union is calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision to stop funding the World Health Organization in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic that is seeing spikes in India and elsewhere.
Trump announced his decision …
China Draws a Blank on 2020 GDP Target
China’s controversial decision to omit an economic growth target for 2020 has drawn attention to what the government uses targets for.
On May 22, Premier Li Keqiang ended months of speculation over the annual target-setting ritual as he delivered the …
Arrest of CNN Crew in Minneapolis a ‘Violation of First Amendment’
A CNN news crew on Friday live broadcast their own arrest by police in the U.S. state of Minnesota, as they covered protests over the death of an African-American man.
Police handcuffed and arrested CNN reporter Omar Jimenez, producer Bill …
Potato Farmers in Myanmar’s Shan State Seek Relief From Smuggled Chinese Spuds
Farmers in Myanmar’s Shan state have complained that their businesses are being undercut by cheaper potatoes smuggled in from nearby China, causing them serious financial losses.
Potatoes are prohibited from regular border trade under measures to protect local growers, …
Myanmar NGOs Call on National Rights Body to Take Up Abuses in Conflict Zones
More than 20 rights NGOs have urged the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, which was revamped in January and has been criticized as toothless, to focus on reported rights violations committed during the COVID-19 pandemic by military troops in conflicts …
Larry Kramer Focused World’s Attention on AIDS Through Protests, Writing
NEW YORK – Larry Kramer, the grandfather of fierce protests demanding action to fight the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and ’90s, died Wednesday at age 84. The author and activist founded the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, known as …