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6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Vanuatu Islands
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — A strong earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the Vanuatu Islands at 8.05 pm today. According to a statement from the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the epicentre of the earthquake was located 219 km deep, at
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Modi, Muslims to attend Ram temple ceremony on contested Ayodhya site
LUCKNOW, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and two prominent Muslims who lived through deadly riots following the razing of a mosque in 1992 plan to attend the foundation-laying ceremony for a Hindu temple on Wednesday on the same site. Modi,
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U.S. health chief to visit Taiwan, likely angering China
TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said on Tuesday, making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in four decades – a move likely to anger
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India’s police shamed by rare murder probe into custodial deaths
CHENNAI: It took a while for Indians to learn how a father and son died in hospital with blood pouring from their rectum, days after police in small southern town locked them up for violating a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Fanned
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Capture of kingpin offers hope to battered Mexican state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The arrest of one of Mexico’s most notorious crime lords has offered a glimmer of hope to businesses in a central state whose emergence as an industrial powerhouse has been clouded by the bloody gang wars
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Oil prices drop on fuel demand worries as coronavirus flares up
MELBOURNE: Oil prices fell in early trade on Tuesday on concerns about fuel demand growth as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections around the world sparks tighter lockdowns just as major producers ramp up output. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
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With eye on China, India looks to increase barriers on imports from Asia
NEW DELHI: New Delhi is considering measures to prevent trade partners mainly in Southeast Asia from re-routing Chinese goods to India with little added value, two government sources said, amid strained ties with Beijing and a push for self-reliance. India
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India posts record fiscal deficit as coronavirus hits economy
NEW DELHI: India’s federal fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the April-June quarter, 83.2% of the target for the whole of the current fiscal year, reflecting the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tax collections and as the
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Singapore government sets out duties, privileges for opposition leader
SINGAPORE: The Singapore government has decided on the duties and privileges for Leader of the Opposition (LO) in the 14th Parliament which, among others, will see the leader leading the opposition in presenting alternative views in parliamentary debates on policies, bills and motions. The
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Travel bans cannot be indefinite, countries must fight virus at home: WHO
GENEVA: Bans on international travel cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries are going to have to do more to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus within their borders, the World Health Organization said on Monday. A surge of
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