Tag: South Asia
India grieves 200K dead, with likely many more uncounted
<p>NEW DELHI — Three days after his coronavirus symptoms appeared, Rajendra Karan struggled to breathe. Instead of waiting for an ambulance, his son drove...
Chennai back on top of IPL after beating Hyderabad
<p>NEW DELHI — Chennai Super Kings returned to the top of the Indian Premier League with their fifth successive win as they beat Sunrisers...
UN calls on countries to take action to prevent drowning
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly encouraged all countries Wednesday to take action to prevent drownings, which have caused over 2.5 million deaths...
Asia Today: India records 320K cases as foreign help arrives
NEW DELHI — India recorded more than 320,000 new cases of coronavirus infection Tuesday as a grim surge of illness and death weighed on...
Asia Today: India records 320K cases as foreign help arrives
<p>NEW DELHI — India recorded more than 320,000 new cases of coronavirus infection Tuesday as a grim surge of illness and death weighed on...
New UK aircraft carrier to set sail for Asia next month
LONDON — A fleet of British warships and military aircraft billed as the “largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the U.K....
SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system
NEW DELHI — Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his...
New UK aircraft carrier to set sail for Asia next month
<p>LONDON — A fleet of British warships and military aircraft billed as the “largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the U.K....
SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India’s health system
<p>NEW DELHI — Dr. Gautam Singh dreads the daily advent of the ventilator beeps, signaling that oxygen levels are critically low, and hearing his...
India’s crematoriums overwhelmed as virus ‘swallows people’
<p>NEW DELHI — India’s crematoriums and burial grounds are being overwhelmed by the devastating new surge of infections tearing through the populous country with...