Some Amazon workers on Monday organized a strike at a facility in Staten Island, New York, demanding better protection from the company after a worker there tested positive for COVID-19. What the US logistics giant is facing may be just the tip of the iceberg for American businesses...More

We mark the Day of the Landless today with utmost concern as the landless rural people have been among the most vulnerable to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. With them are the small farmers with precarious land ownership or control, and those from landless peasant families...More

Kathmandu. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe and governments rush to contain its spread, often with restrictive lockdown, 119 peasants organizations from 30 countries and 5 regions called for the assertion of the rights and welfare of the rural and all toiling peoples. The organizations made a...More

Kathmandu. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' held a discussion on essential steps to be taken by the government to control the spread of Novel Coronavirus and to provide relief to poor people affected by the countrywide lockdown declared by the government. Two...More

Anti-virus measures implemented by South Korean President Moon Jae-in's administration have had a positive impact on his approval rating that previously had been in decline for over one year. The uptick in Moon's approval rating could help his Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) win the April 15 parliament...More

Although India may be using the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to hamper the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its impact will be limited. Container Corporation of India Ltd. (Concor), an Indian state-owned company, on February 25 signed a service agreement with Russian Railways Logistics Joint Stock...More

With the coronavirus spreading around the world, the number of infected cases in South Asia continues to rise. This led Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a video conference of all countries that are member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on March 15,...More

While the global health crisis may still have a long way to run, a number of things are already clear. First, viruses are quintessentially transnational and don't care who they infect or what nationality they may be. Second, China seems to have done an impressive job of halting...More

Beijing. According to a recent survey from polling company Rasmussen Reports, 42 percent of US voters think China should cover some of the financial expenses incurred by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Meanwhile, 36 percent disagreed, while another 22 percent said they were undecided. Does the United States have...More

The New York-based Daily Beast newspaper reported Saturday that the White House is "launching a communications plan across multiple federal agencies," asking officials to stick closely to talking points which focus on accusing China of "creating a global pandemic." The strong ideological bias of some US politicians and...More

After weeks of chaotic responses by individual countries to the global coronavirus pandemic marked by various restrictions on travel and trade and even finger-pointing, major global powers are finally pushing for coordinated efforts to combat the common threat, injecting a desperately needed sense of direction and hope for...More

A few days after US President Donald Trump first dropped his verbal bomb by using the term "Chinese virus" to refer to the novel coronavirus, he said on Tuesday that he would stop associating the virus with China. While he said he did not regret using the term,...More

Beijing. Medical Teams from Hainan, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Sichuan and Xinjiang wave goodbye on Tuesday before their departure from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Central China's Hubei. As the epidemic situation has eased, medical assistance teams in Hubei will leave in batches from March 17. [caption id="attachment_62607"...More

Growth figures for China's retail sales, industrial output and fixed-asset investment for January and February are expected to slow to an unprecedented low of only 3 percent, as measures to contain the new virus outbreak unavoidably battered the economy. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, China used partial...More

Beijing. Amid soaring imported COVID-19 cases in China, the international airports in the country have come to play an increasingly important role in the coronavirus pandemic containment. In the departure lounge of Beijing Capital International Airport, GT reporter, on Monday, noticed the number of travelers plunged significantly. Airline...More