投稿者: Michael Safi
Indian opposition hope to open voters’ minds to idea that PM is actually responsible for societal problemsDuring his near-decade in power, as India has convulsed with sectarian riots, mass protests at government policies, or popular rage at heinous cri…
Leak suggests Indian opposition leader among hundreds selected for possible surveillance by Modi governmentThe Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s most prominent political rival, the opposition figure Rahul Gandhi, was twice selected as a potential s…
Analysis: Experts believe a number of things coalesced to cause the world’s worst coronavirus outbreakCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia is now identifying more than 1 million coronavirus cases every three days, with many…
As a global record for new Covid cases is set in India, hospitals are running out of vital supplies‘The system has collapsed’: India’s descent into Covid hellHospitals in parts of India are using social media to beg for help finding oxygen and key equi…
Analysis: Rapid spread of cases across country comes after long spell in which virus seemed almost to vanish Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than a million new infections in four days, rampant oxygen shortages and the I…
All adults to be eligible from 1 May, making jab available to at least 400 million more peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has announced it will soon open its vaccination programme to every adult in response to soar…
Technical problems at South Korean vaccine plant and setbacks in export licences from India cause holdup Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSome of the world’s poorest countries have been warned to expect delays in the delivery…
India and China have given away vaccine for diplomatic reasons. Now there’s pressure to save supply for their own peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhile western Europe’s “vaccine war” has been a struggle to prevent dose…
How the 2,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca jab arrived without prior approval will be checked by officials Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepalese drug regulators are reportedly investigating a gift of 2,000 Covid-19 vaccine…
Hundreds of mourners gather in townships across Yangon after dozens of people were killed in recent daysAt least 149 people have been killed in Myanmar since the 1 February coup, including five in custody, a UN human rights official has said, as mass f…
Former Israeli spy says generals have been ‘misunderstood’ as police continue to fire on protestersAccused of crimes against humanity, an illegal government takeover and gunning down protesters, Myanmar’s military is seeking to rebrand itself in foreig…
Exclusive: officers involved in violent crackdown worked with European police on controlling protestsThe EU provided crowd control training to specialist Myanmar police units alleged to have been involved in a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protest…
Knightsbridge Circle offer is first evidence of Covid-19 vaccine being used to attract touristsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s Sinopharm vaccine is being offered to a handful of wealthy people paying for access to th…
From December 2019, when an unknown virus was found in China, to the release of vaccines for Covid-19 – here are the points where momentum shiftedFrom December 2019, when an unknown virus was found in China, to the release of vaccines for Covid-19, it …
Many from the region’s Armenian population have become refugees, as previously displaced Azeris prepare to go homeWeeks of shelling could not force Irina Safaryan’s parents from their bunker in the southern Karabakh town of Hadrut. Only when Azerbaijan…