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India Covid appeal: 'Crematoriums burning day and night. It's just so unimaginably bad'
Esther Ghosh fought to save her brother's life.
'This is not going to end soon': Expert's grim prediction for India
'If everything goes very well, things will be horrible for the next several weeks.'
Unfolding drama as crew jumps ship in Townsville
A crew member is on the run after jumping ship in a dramatic escape in Queensland.
NZ's Covid conundrums: The virus border breaches still confounding our experts
View a summary of New Zealand's most puzzling Covid-19 outbreaks.
Biden speech: North Korea warns US of 'very grave situation'
US president has 'made a big blunder', says senior North Korean official.
Is there a war coming between China and the US?
New York Times: The post-World War II order is being challenged now more than ever.
India's media turns on Govt as Covid brings nation to its knees
PM Narendra Modi had cultivated an aura of near invincibility. Covid has smashed it.
'Massacre of data': India accused of hiding staggering Covid toll
Crematorium worker says he's been told to write 'sickness' rather than 'Covid' on records.
Trampers' performed CPR for hours on dying Kiwi in Indian mountains
Janet Nye died from cardiorespiratory arrest during a trek in the mountains.
Act to call for declaration of 'genocide' in Xinjiang, China
The motion would ask MPs whether human rights abuses in Xinjiang amount to genocide.
Covid: India's cities are under siege - now its rural areas are in the firing line
City lockdowns send thousands of migrant workers - some infected - back to their villages.
Australia poised to copy NZ's India travel ban
Scott Morrison is under pressure to lock down Australia's borders with India.
Thailand's PM fined for breaking Covid-19 rules
Thailand is imposing fines for people who fail to wear face masks in public.
Haunting video emerges of doomed submarine's crew
Indonesia's military confirmed yesterday that all 53 crew members had perished.
Worrying side-effect of India crisis
Critics sound alarm bells for the public as India's brutal second wave of Covid-19 hits.
India's Covid nightmare: Families forced to keep their dead at home
"It looked nothing less than a war zone," says a local of New Delhi's biggest cemetery.
Indonesia says 53 crew of lost sub are dead, wreckage found
Underwater images confirm the submarine broke apart and is in at least three pieces.
Taiwan mobilises forces to thwart Chinese invasion
Everything from cyber attacks, blockades to full scale war is being prepared for.
Indian hospitals turn away Covid patients as oxygen shortage worsens
Coronavirus patients are dying outside hospitals in Delhi as they wait for oxygen.
Tokyo under Covid emergency orders, 3 months before Olympics
Japan's third state of emergency includes shutdown orders across Tokyo.
Time running out for missing submarine
Hope is fading for the 53 crew members on board as rescuers continue searching.
Bodies burning 'day and night': Grim clue of hidden Covid-19 death toll
Crematorium workers say bodies are being burned all night but something doesn't add up.
India overwhelmed by massive Covid surge; 'double mutant' strain suspected
No beds, oxygen for critically ill patients as nation's Covid wave worsens.
India's capital to lock down as Covid cases top 15 million
'I do not say the system has collapsed, but it has reached its limits,' minister says.
New Zealand's China policy: Fence-sitting is not working
OPINION: One day - likely soon - Beijing will force NZ's hand. What happens then?
Putin critic Alexei Navalny 'could die at any moment' - doctor
The imprisoned 44-year-old is in the third week of a hunger strike.
India accused of hiding alarming Covid-19 reality amid soaring cases
The accusations come after India recorded the world's highest single-day Covid case tally.
Comment: China is starting to lose the Covid-19 Cold War
OPINION: China is finding out that freedom is crucial to progress.
'Critical point': WHO's scary new Covid warning
Seven weeks of rising cases and four weeks of rising deaths prompt grim reality check.
Myanmar coup seals autocracy's rise in Southeast Asia
New York Times: Not long ago, democracy was surging in the region. Now it's in trouble.
Covid-19: New daily cases skyrocket in India
India has recorded almost 1 million new Covid-19 cases in the past week.
China accused of 'setting the stage for a bloody war' in Myanmar
Beijing has 'profoundly shaped the trajectory of post-coup violence', an expert says.
Day of bloodshed: Myanmar forces kill 82 civilians in Bago
Myanmar security forces crackdown on pro-democracy protesters continues apace.