03:09 Despite Asian countries making maximum contributions to the global poverty reduction, the COVID-19 pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges to the poverty battle, according to
India’s coronavirus caseload surpassed 4 million on Saturday, deepening misery in the country’s vast hinterlands, where surges have crippled the underfunded health care
Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.”That title of respect that go
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the most high-profile world leader to announce positive for COVID-19 test late Tuesday, but he is far from the only one to be directly caught up in the globa
People wearing face masks chat with each other at a shopping mall in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on June 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal) "No mask, no service" is the message written on the entran
The Islamabad district administration has announced to impose a fine of up to 3,000 rupees (about 18 U.S. dollars) on people for not wearing face masks at public places
Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Trump signs executiv
Pakistan announced Tuesday that Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when an Airbus A320 went down in a crowded neighbo
A passenger plane with 107 people on board crashed in a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the international airport near Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on F
Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with parti
Shanghai launched its first centralized tax refund point in a central commercial district on Friday, offering better tax refund service for overseas travelers. This ce
Lorenzo Sanz (C) lifts the Champions League trophy while celebrating with his Real Madrid players in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 20, 1988. /VCG Lorenzo SanzLorenzo Sanz of Spain, former presid
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.A medical worker takes off her face mask after a 14-da
By APD writer Imdad HUSSAINChina has yet again proved to be a true friend of Pakistan. In wake of the current outbreak of COVID-19, China has provided emergency assista
By APD writer Imdad HUSSAINChina has yet again proved to be a true friend of Pakistan. In wake of the current outbreak of COVID-19, China has provided emergency assista
Huawei Pakistan here on Thursday donated a video conference system worth about 300,000 U.S. dollars to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordi
The Pakistani government has appealed to the nation including politicians to set aside differences and will seek help of Chinese experts to fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. Pakistani President A