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The latest wave of coronavirus infections in several South Asian nations has been complicated by a surge in dengue, a mosquito-transmitted virus that spreads during monsoon season.The rise in cases of dengue — which can have symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus, such as fever, headaches and body ...

Russia has awarded an Emirati royal exclusive rights to sell its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to a host of countries in at least three continents in a deal that has seen buyers paying huge premiums for supplies, a Moscow Times investigation has found. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, ...

NEW DELHI — A Jesuit priest and activist with Parkinson’s disease, whose high-profile arrest was seen as an example of the broad scope of the Indian government’s unpopular antiterrorism law, died on Monday still in custody at a hospital in Mumbai, his lawyer said.The Rev. Stan Swamy — at ...

Growing up in California, Manpreet Toor remembers being exposed to bhangra — a lively Punjabi dance genre that is performed widely in the Indian diaspora — in her parents’ garage. “In Punjabi households, back in the day, we used to have parties in the garage all the time,” Toor ...

As the world adjusts to the idea of coexisting with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, global health organizations are laying plans to eradicate another scourge that has already lingered for thousands of years: poliovirus.The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a public-private partnership led by national governments and health groups, ...

Austen’s novels are about a narrow, upper class of British society and are set in picturesque villages, mostly cut off from the troubles of the outside world. “Jane Austen is now on a pedestal as an expression of something delightful, comforting, beautiful, clever,” said Paula Marantz Cohen, an English ...

NANDIGRAM, India — The challenger arrived with police vehicles, a band of drummers and the backing of the country’s powerful prime minister. The crowd joined him in full-throated chants of glory to the Hindu god Ram: “Jai Shree Ram!” He brought a warning: If Hindus did not unite around ...

Want to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up.Good morning. Why has Covid’s toll been surprisingly low across much of Africa and Asia?It’s one of the biggest mysteries about Covid-19: Why has the death toll been relatively low across much of Africa and Asia?The virus has killed a ...

Did your parents disapprove?My mother definitely disapproved, I think, for a really long time. She’d be sitting with the aunties and everybody would be talking about how their kids went to school and are now pursuing engineering or whatever corporate — and she would just be like, “Yeah, ...

The Akmal brothers and former Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur have had a frosty relationship, to say the least. The war of words has been going between both parties for the past year. During his time as Pakistan head coach, Arthur left out Umar Akmal and Kamran Akmal from the ...