NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s output of Covid-19 shots for August to December is likely to be lower than the government’s public estimate, according to internal projections shared with Reuters by two sources. Lower-than-expected production could delay India’s plans to vaccinate all its adults this year, amid fears the country will face another surge of […]
Dear ST reader, We hope you’ve been keeping well. In our Asian Insider newsletter this week, we look at the latest developments as nations reel from the worsening coronavirus situation in the region. We examine Japan’s moves at sea in the face of a growing China threat, and consider India’s options as it navigates a […]
BANGALORE – As India grapples with shortages of its locally made Covid-19 vaccines, Russia’s Sputnik V may become a shot in the arm for the country’s crumbling inoculation drive. About 210,000 doses have arrived from Russia in recent weeks – the first foreign vaccine to be imported into India. Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Laboratories will make […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Children and the elderly make up a large proportion of people taking refuge in camps in north-west Myanmar to escape fighting between the army and insurgents, residents said on Thursday (May 20), as France called for an urgent delivery of humanitarian aid. In the past week, Chin State bordering India has seen […]
TOKYO – Japan is building up its defences on its south-west islands with an eye on the growing China threat, which has also prompted the country’s European security partners to more actively take part in joint drills. Tokyo’s main concern, besides the Senkaku/Diaoyu islets in the East China Sea that are the subject of an […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – The first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong will face a trial without jury, the city’s High Court ruled on Thursday (May 20), in a landmark decision which marks a departure from the global financial hub’s common law traditions. Police say Tong Ying-kit, carried a sign reading […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – The first person charged under the national security law in Hong Kong will face a trial without jury, the city’s High Court ruled on Thursday (May 20), in a landmark decision which marks a departure from the global financial hub’s common law traditions. Police say Tong Ying-kit, carried a sign reading […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Two officials at Myanmar’s embassy in Tokyo have become the latest diplomats dismissed by the junta after protesting the military coup in their country, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported Thursday (May 20). Administrator Aung Soe Moe and a junior colleague were fired after they went on strike, the agency said. Citing a […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has called for a total transformation of pharmaceutical intellectual property (IP) amid hoarding of Covid-19 vaccines by richer nations, stating that equitable access is a key challenge in what it believes will be a “long century of recurring health emergencies”. While Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Thursday (May 20) welcomed the […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has called for a total transformation of pharmaceutical intellectual property (IP) amid hoarding of Covid-19 vaccines by richer nations, stating that equitable access is a key challenge in what it believes will be a “long century of recurring health emergencies”. While Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Thursday (May 20) welcomed the […]