Calls are growing for the release of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi a day after a military coup which has seen hundreds of MPs held against their will. Ms Suu Kyi has not been seen in public since she was detained by the military. It took power after declaring a state of emergency, accusing Ms […]
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s finance minister on Monday proposed tax benefits for foreign aircraft lessors, as one of the world’s fastest-growing domestic aviation markets looks to establish a local leasing industry. Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech proposed a tax holiday for aircraft-leasing companies and tax exemptions for airlines paying lease […]
By Reuters Staff (Reuters) -Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. League for Democracy, or NLD, The army said it had carried […]
By Martin Quin Pollard, Thomas Peter WUHAN, China (Reuters) – A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of COVID-19 visited Huanan market on Sunday, the now-shuttered wholesale seafood centre in the Chinese city of Wuhan where the new coronavirus was initially detected. WHO investigation team visits Wuhan market The team arrived at Huanan […]
Indian farmers protest 2020 India has suspended mobile internet services in three areas around the capital, Delhi, where farmers are staging a hunger strike in protest at new agriculture laws. The government said the shutdown would continue until Sunday night to “maintain public safety”. Tens of thousands of protesting farmers have been camped out on […]
IMAGE COPYRIGHTT ASS VIA GETTY IMAGESimage caption Mr Rotenberg (right) is a close associate of Mr Putin (left) through business and friendship Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg says he is the owner of an opulent Black Sea mansion, not President Vladimir Putin, as the leaders’ critics had alleged. A video report about the vast palace, by […]
By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir to release jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny during their phone call this week, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday. Biden pressed Putin on a number of issues, including alleged election interference in the 2020 election, Ukraine sovereignty, […]
Coronavirus pandemic A World Health Organization (WHO) team has come out of quarantine and will start on-the-ground investigations into the origins of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The scientists will begin interviewing people from research institutes, hospitals and the seafood market linked to the initial outbreak. Their research will rely upon evidence […]
By Secunder Kermani BBC News, Islamabad Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of four men accused of the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. Mr Pearl, the Wall Street Journal’s South Asia bureau chief, was kidnapped and beheaded while working on a story about extremist groups in Pakistan. A British-born alleged militant […]
By Alasdair Pal, Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Hundreds of police guarded the historic Red Fort in the heart of the Indian capital on Wednesday following violent clashes between farmers and authorities in which one person was killed and at least 80 injured. Tens of thousands of farmers, protesting against reforms of the agriculture sector […]
