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Thu, July 7, 2022 | 19:25
Sri Lanka gets new finance minister, central bank governor as unrest grows
Sri Lanka gets new finance minister, central bank governor as unrest grows
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister and sought a new central bank governor Monday, as crowds angry over the country's deepening economic crisis surrounded the homes of several lawmakers.
2022-04-05 09:55
Shanghai defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents
Shanghai defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents
Shanghai health officials on Monday defended a policy of separating babies and young children from their parents if they test positive for Covid-19, as frustration at the city's tough virus controls builds.
2022-04-04 16:30
  • Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise
Sri Lankan ministers offer to resign as economic crisis escalates
Sri Lankan ministers offer to resign as economic crisis escalates
Sri Lanka's sports minister and the president's nephew, Namal Rajapaksa, has resigned from his position amid growing public outrage over the country's economic crisis and shortages of food, fuel and medicines.
2022-04-04 14:06
Pipe dreams: Pakistan sewage workers hope for better future
Pipe dreams: Pakistan sewage workers hope for better future
Nearly naked and covered with a black, foul-smelling muck, Shafiq Masih struggles out of a sewer he has just cleaned by hand in an upmarket district of Lahore, Pakistan's second biggest city.
2022-04-04 13:53
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek second term
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says she will not seek second term
Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam, who has governed the global financial hub through the unprecedented upheaval of anti-government protests and COVID-19, said on Monday she will not seek a second five-year term of office.
2022-04-04 13:46
Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise
Shanghai lockdown triggers complaints as COVID cases rise
COVID-19 cases in China's largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian ``zero tolerance'' approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions.
2022-04-04 10:29
  • Shanghai defends policy of separating COVID-positive kids from parents
Social media platforms blocked in Sri Lanka amid curfew, anti-government protest
Social media platforms blocked in Sri Lanka amid curfew, anti-government protest
Sri Lankan soldiers with assault rifles and police manned checkpoints in Colombo, Sunday, as the government blocked social media platforms after imposing a curfew to contain public unrest triggered by the country's economic crisis.
2022-04-03 15:46
COVID-19 cases rise in Shanghai with millions under lockdown
COVID-19 cases rise in Shanghai with millions under lockdown
COVID-19 cases in China's largest city of Shanghai are still rising as millions remain isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown.
2022-04-03 14:39
  • China reports 13,146 COVID cases, highest number since peak of first wave 2 years ago
China reports 13,146 COVID cases, highest number since peak of first wave 2 years ago
China reports 13,146 COVID cases, highest number since peak of first wave 2 years ago
China reported 13,146 COVID cases Sunday, the highest number since the peak of the first wave more than two years ago, as the highly transmissible Omicron subvariant spread to more than a dozen provinces.
2022-04-03 11:30
  • COVID-19 cases rise in Shanghai with millions under lockdown
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declares 36-hour nationwide lockdown
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka declares 36-hour nationwide lockdown
Sri Lanka declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew Saturday and deployed troops backed with sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against the president, his relatives and even his most trusted shaman.
2022-04-02 20:42
  • Sri Lanka declares emergency after violent protests over economic crisis
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