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The Kwanyin temple built on a rocky island in the middle of the Yangtze River is seen flooded as the water level surge along Ezhou in central Chinas Hubei province on Sunday, July 19, 2020. The temple first built in 1345AD has survived numerous floods and been rebuilt over the centuries.(Chinatopix Via AP)

Yangtze river nears crest again, new floods feared in China

The rains are putting renewed pressure on the massive Three Gorges Dam that straddles the river upstream of Wuhan city...

21 July 2020 2:58 PM IST

$A Hong Kong Cafe, known as a \yellow shop\ because its owners expressed sympathy for protesters, has a wall decorated with blank post-it notes in Hong Kong Thursday, July 9, 2020. Stores that supported the protest movement by putting up protest artwork and sticky notes filled with words of encouragement from customers have since taken them down, out of fear that its contents could land them in trouble with the authorities. Instead, they have put up blank sticky notes as a way to show solidarity with the movement. (AP)$ World

Hong Kong protesters adapt signs, slogans to skirt new law

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong have adapted their methods to try to make their voices heard without violating...

21 July 2020 1:43 PM IST

An anti-mask protestor holds up a sign in front of the Ohio Statehouse during a right-wing protest Stand For America Against Terrorists and Tyrants at State Capitol on July 18, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio. (AFP)

When US sneezes, world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe...

US' troubled response to the coronavirus pandemic emerges as a chief risk to any attempt to a sustained global recovery

21 July 2020 12:58 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Monday, July 20, 2020. The rocket is carrying ANASIS II, a national security satellite for South Korea. (AP)

South Korea's first-ever military satellite launched

The ANASIS-II is intended to enhance the South's ability to defend itself against the nuclear-armed North Korea, which...

21 July 2020 12:41 PM IST

Children run down a street past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of the new coronavirus, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)

Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa

The schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students don't have access to internet and even...

20 July 2020 8:16 PM IST

People wearing face masks walk in a street near the Tokyo Tower. (AFP)

Kissing etiquette: Japan nightlife sets its virus rules

Strategic testing in nightlife districts of Tokyo has revealed rising cases of coronavirus, predominantly among people...

20 July 2020 6:55 PM IST

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 July 2020 5:57 PM IST

Irans President Hassan Rouhani. (AP)

Iran executes man convicted of spying for US, Israel

The former translator also helped to locate a top Iranian general Soleimani, killed later by the Americans, the...

20 July 2020 5:34 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels. (AP)

Walkouts and slammed fists summarise EU virus summit as it drags into...

The pandemic has sent the EU into a tailspin, killing around 135,000 of its citizens and plunging its economy into...

20 July 2020 2:33 PM IST

U.S. Rep. John Lewis, R-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill, in Washington.(File Image: AP)

Indian-Americans pay tribute to late civil rights leader John Lewis

US Rep John Lewis was instrumental in the introduction and passage of several legislations related to India and Mahatma...

20 July 2020 1:33 PM IST

People walk along Albert Park lake in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia might need weeks to tame the second wave of virus

Australia has recorded about 11,800 coronavirus cases with a death toll of 123, a fraction of what has been seen in...

20 July 2020 1:16 PM IST

King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who has ruled the worlds largest oil exporter and close U.S. ally since 2015, was undergoing medical checks. (AFP)

Saudi King Salman admitted to hospital

The de facto ruler and next in line to the throne is the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who is popular among young...

20 July 2020 12:12 PM IST