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Tensions are running high between India and China after a deadly clash at the border earlier this week. CBS News' Arshad Zargar reports on the latest.
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports on growing global fears about the coronavirus' impact on developing countries, even as Europe begins to reopen.
India and China are having peace talks days after deadly clashes between their forces at the Himalayan border. At least 20 Indian troops were killed, and both sides blame each other for instigating the conflict. Isaac Stone Fish, a CBSN contributor and senior fellow at the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China relations, discussed both. the conflict and the rising tensions between North and South Korea.
Both sides blame the other for the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers in an overnight brawl along their disputed Himalayan border, and both say they want calm.
The two nuclear-armed Asian powers blame each other for causing a flare-up in their long-running standoff over a disputed Himalayan border.
Parts of Africa and Asia are suffering from a devastating plague of locusts, which devour crops. The International Rescue Committee is warning that millions of people might be struck by famine if the matter is not urgently addresses. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joins CBSN from Johannesburg with more.
"Bait bombs" made from food stuffed with explosives are common in India, and are used mostly to hunt wild boars for meat.
End of world's biggest coronavirus lockdown will be a relief to millions struggling to survive, but the "economic focus" is a gamble.
The monkeys attacked a lab technician before taking off with the samples, officials said.
The Asian giants have long feuded over their Himalayan border, and while thousands of troops are reportedly involved, analysts don't foresee disaster.
"We both burst into tears when we first saw each other. He asked me to come and take him home, signalling in his own way," the man's son said.
A viral video of a toddler trying to wake up his dead mother at a railway station in eastern India has caused widespread outrage.
At least 10 swarms of desert locusts, flourishing amid global warming, are chewing their way through crops, raising fears of food shortages.
Privacy and legal experts raise red flags as many are forced to download an app one politician calls a "sophisticated surveillance system."
Hurricane-force winds brought trees and homes down on top of people and the storm left one of India's major airports under water.
India is racing to respond to the coronavirus crisis as a cyclone slams the coastal region. Jeffrey Gettleman is the South Asia bureau chief for The New York Times, and he joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.
More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the "Howdy Modi" event Sunday, which features India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Donald Trump. Ravi Agrawal, managing editor at "Foreign Policy," joined CBSN to discuss why Modi is holding the sold-out event.
A powerful and deadly cyclone ripped through the coast of India and Bangladesh. The storm was equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, packing winds of more than 100 mph. CBS News' Arshard Zargar reports from India.
Tens of thousands of Indian-Americans packed into a Houston stadium for the "Howdy, Modi!" event Sunday. Joining Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was President Trump, who touted the U.S. and India's shared goals and unity. CBS News' Courtney Zubowski was at the event and joins CBSN's Adriana Diaz with more.
Even before Cyclone Amphan made landfall in neighboring India, Bangladesh blamed a death on the storm packing 100+ mph winds.
India's capital city has declared a health emergency because of high levels of air pollution. Officials are closing schools in New Delhi and flights were unable to land in the thick smog. CBS News' Cindy Pom reports.
Cyclone Amphan is expected to slam the countries' coastlines with high winds, a massive storm surge and torrential rains.
More than 100,000 cases and the virus is still spreading fast, but states and cities are lifting restrictions as India enters a new phase of lockdown.
Indian police say avid cyclist Paul Littlejohn's death was a "clear cut" accident in the hills around Gandipet Lake, so no investigation is planned.