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Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in ...

Suit: Workers lured from India paid $1.20 per hour for years

FBI agents were at a large Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday as a new lawsuit claimed it was built by workers from ...

Scores of dead bodies found floating in India's Ganges River

Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious ...

China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4B people age

The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its aging population barely grew, a census showed ...

1.4B but no more? China's population growth closer to zero

China’s weak population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, ...

In India's northeast there's fear of a virus surge to come

With experts saying the coronavirus is likely spreading in India’s northeastern state of Assam faster than anywhere else in ...

Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all

At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad's capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine ...

Long-haul carrier Emirates to ship aid for free into India

Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates will begin shipping aid from the World Health Organization and other groups into India for ...

As cases grow, India's vaccination campaign falters

Since India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping across the ...

As India surges, Bangladesh lacks jabs, faces virus variants

India's surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh, with health experts warning of ...

India's surge hits southern states, prompts more lockdowns

Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the ...

US allows diplomats, embassy families to leave Nepal

The State Department said Friday it is allowing non-essential diplomats and the families of all American staff at the U.S.

Pressure rises for India lockdown; surge breaks record again

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced growing pressure Friday to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, despite the ...

Doctors in Nepal warn of major crisis as virus cases surge

Across the border from a devastating surge in India, doctors in Nepal warned Friday of a major crisis as daily coronavirus ...

Personal ties: Harris' family in India where COVID rages

G. Balachandran turned 80 this spring — a milestone of a birthday in India, where he lives. If not for the coronavirus ...

Harris' family in India grapples with COVID-19

G. Balachandran turned 80 this spring. But with the virus ravaging his homeland of India, Balachandran had to settle for ...

Asia Today: Fiji sequesters hospital staff after COVID death

The military and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital amid concerns of a ...

US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed ...

Top court orders India's government to present oxygen plan

India's government, facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in coronavirus infections, was ordered by ...

Donors race to aid India during COVID-19 surge

The catastrophic wave of Covid-19 in India has prompted donors to send millions of dollars to the country, which Tuesday ...