Category Archives: News

• China sends more jets; Taiwan says it will fight to the end if there’s war 7 April 2021 | Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee no comments

  China sent more fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone on Wednesday in a stepped up show of force around the island Beijing claims as its own, and Taiwan’s foreign minister said it would fight to the end if China attacks. ...

• Coronavirus: Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3 million amid new infections resurgence 6 April 2021 | Roshan Abraham and Anurag Maan no comments

  Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed 3 million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of COVID-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts across the globe. ...

• Coronavirus: India’s daily virus cases soar past 100,000 for first time 5 April 2021 | Sheikh Saaliq no comments

  India reported its biggest single-day spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the pandemic began Monday, and officials in the hard-hit state home to Mumbai are resuming the closure of some businesses and places of worship. ...

• Dalai Lama offers condolences to victims of Taiwan train accident 4 April 2021 | Tibet Sun Newsroom no comments

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to express his condolences over the train crash in Taiwan, "also to those families who have lost loved ones as well as others affected" by the incident. ...

• EU urges China to ensure freedom of speech after BBC journalist leaves country 3 April 2021 | Foo Yun Chee no comments

  The European Union on Friday called on China to ensure freedom of speech and the press after a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist in China relocated to Taiwan saying he had suffered threats and obstruction. ...

• Coronavirus: UK bans travel from 4 more nations over virus; 39 in all 2 April 2021 | Pan Pylas no comments

  The British government is gearing up to ban international arrivals from four more countries — Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan and the Philippines — amid concerns over new virus variants but opted against including European nations. ...

• Seven Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted as China clamps down 1 April 2021 | Zen Soo one comment

  Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019. ...

• Myanmar’s Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says 31 March 2021 no comments

  Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team said Wednesday, as diplomatic pressure on the military junta ramped up. ...

• Coronavirus: India’s COVID-19 situation turning from ‘bad to worse’ 30 March 2021 2 comments

  The Centre on Tuesday said the COVID-19 situation is turning from "bad to worse" and is a huge cause for worry, especially for some states, warning that the whole country is at risk and any complacency at this stage will have "heavy costs" ...

• Pakistan PM Khan desires peace with arch-rival India 30 March 2021 | Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam no comments

  Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday replied to a letter written by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, and said Islamabad desires peaceful relations with New Delhi, an official source told Reuters. ...