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Indian MP Shashi Tharoor, 6 journos booked for sedition over Republic Day rampage
India's opposition Congress MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor and six journalists have been booked by police on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy over Tuesday's rampage by farmers during their tractor rally in Delhi.
India’s opposition shuns Parliament, backs farmers’ demands
Major Indian opposition parties boycotted the opening day of Parliament’s budget session on Friday in solidarity with protesting farmers engaged in a 2-month standoff over new agricultural laws the government refuses to repeal.
Sri Lanka vaccinates 1st health workers, troops
Sri Lanka on Friday began inoculating frontline health workers, military troops and police officers against COVID-19 amid warnings about infections among medical workers.
China, US share common interests, cooperation space on climate change: spokesperson
China and the United States share broad common interests and cooperation space in coping with climate change, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Thursday.
Pakistan court orders man accused in American journalist's death freed
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of a Pakistani man convicted and later acquitted in the gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
WHO team in Wuhan departs quarantine for COVID origins study
A World Health Organization team emerged from quarantine in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to start field work in a fact-finding mission on the origins of the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.
Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort
Leaders of a protest movement sought Wednesday to distance themselves from a day of violence when thousands of farmers stormed India’s historic Red Fort, the most dramatic moment in two months of demonstrations that have grown into a major challenge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Relative of virus victim asks to meet WHO experts in Wuhan
A relative of a coronavirus victim in China is demanding to meet a visiting World Health Organization expert team, saying it should speak with affected families who allege they are being muffled by the Chinese government.
Xi says China strives for accessibility, affordability of vaccines
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China will continue supporting developing countries in their fights against COVID-19 and contribute to making vaccines public goods that are accessible and affordable to all.
India’s Republic Day marked with massive farmer protests
Tens of thousands of farmers massed on tractors outside the Indian capital as the nation celebrated Republic Day on Tuesday in the backdrop of agricultural protests that have grown into a rebellion and rattled the government.