Zoona Naseem led nine children, some as young as eight years old, out towards the open waters of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, rattling off a list of reminders: switch to regulators, inflate buoyancy control devices, adjust the masks. […]
India, on Sunday, announced a $250 million loan to Maldives to boost its coronavirus-battered economy in a further bid to counter China’s growing financial footprint in South Asia. The Indian Ocean archipelago, renowned for its luxury resorts, has been badly […]