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AIIB approves $100 million loan to Uzbekistan to fight COVID-19
Published On: August 18, 2020 12:01 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Aug 18: Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Tuesday it would lend $100 million to Uzbekistan to help the country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and future public health disasters.
Explainer: How the coronavirus changed U.S. political conventions, perhaps forever
Published On: August 17, 2020 09:56 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 17: The U.S. political convention, a presidential campaign ritual dating to the 1830s, is being reinvented on the fly after being short-circuited by the coronavirus pandemic - much like the campaign itself.
Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16
Published On: August 17, 2020 03:54 PM NPT By: Reuters
MOGADISHU, Aug 17: At least 16 people were killed in an attack on Sunday by the Islamist group al Shabaab on a seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, according to government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar Omar.
Militants kill three Indian policemen in Kashmir as attacks pick up
Published On: August 17, 2020 03:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
SRINAGAR, Aug 17: Militants killed three Indian policemen in Kashmir on Monday, as attacks on security forces and village leaders escalate in the disputed Muslim-majority region.
South Korea pastor tests positive amid virus spike at church
Published On: August 17, 2020 03:06 PM NPT By: Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea, Aug 17: A conservative South Korean pastor who has been a bitter critic of the country’s president has tested positive for the coronavirus, health authorities said Monday, two days after he participated in an anti-government protest in Seoul that drew thousands.
Japan PM Abe enters hospital for check-up, source says
Published On: August 17, 2020 02:58 PM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Aug 17: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a hospital on Monday for a medical check-up, a government source said, after a top official voiced concern the premier was suffering from fatigue because of his workload during the coronavirus pandemic.
India's coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000
Published On: August 17, 2020 12:03 PM NPT By: Reuters
MUMBAI, Aug 17: India’s death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Monday, as infection numbers surged and total cases were nearly at 2.65 million.
India's Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister dies of COVID-19
Published On: August 17, 2020 09:48 AM NPT By: Republica
KATHMANDU, Aug 17: Chetan Chauhan, a cabinet minister in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state which shares border with Nepal, succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday, according to Indian media reports.
Biggest Thai protest in years puts pressure on government
Published On: August 16, 2020 09:08 PM NPT By: Reuters
BANGKOK, Aug 16: More than 10,000 Thai protesters chanting “down with dictatorship” and “the country belongs to the people” rallied in Bangkok on Sunday in by far the biggest anti-government demonstration since a 2014 coup.
Hundreds join Thai anti-government protest
Published On: August 16, 2020 04:41 PM NPT By: Reuters
BANGKOK, Aug 16: More than a thousand protesters gathered in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, changes to the constitution and an end to the harassment of opposition activists.
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