After months on the run, a mail fraud suspect who lived up to his legal name — Speedy Gonzalez — has been arrested in Georgia.
Oman’s crude oil production rises to 91mln barrels
Oman recorded a daily average crude oil production of 998.3 barrels at the end of March 2020, against 970.5 barrels over the same period of 2019, the NCSI report added. However, the average price of …
‘Invisible and possibly forgotten’: Singapore’s second wave of coronavirus cases prompts soul searching on the conditions of foreign workers
Low-paid South Asian laborers in the city-state have been the worst affected by COVID-19 and have the most trouble accessing health care.
Coronavirus pandemic will likely end the strong profit growth in Singapore banks
Singapore’s three largest banks are scheduled to release first-quarter earnings in the coming days, starting with DBS on Thursday.
Packed With Migrant Workers, Dormitories Fuel Coronavirus in Singapore
Cases of the virus in dormitories, which can house up to 20 people per room, accounted for 88 percent of the nation’s cases, as of Tuesday.
Singapore’s ‘hooligan cook’ offers free meals for needy during virus lockdown
The tattoo-covered, former boxer has been serving up dozens of free meals for those in need since early April, when the city-state imposed a lockdown aimed at curbing virus cases now among the highest …
Kyrgyzstan extends state of emergency until May 10
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has extended until May 10 the state of emergency imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, his office said on Tuesday, following similar moves by its Central Asian …
Kyrgyzstan’s sewing industry reorients to survive coronavirus slump
Kyrgyzstan’s cottage textile industry was among the first areas of the economy to feel the pain when the coronavirus epidemic erupted in earnest in China at the turn of the year …
Chinese medical team returns after helping Kyrgyzstan with battle against COVID-19
Members of a medical team assigned to Kyrgyzstan to help with the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic pose for a group photo upon their arrival in Urumqi, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous …
Kyrgyzstan extends lockdown in some cities
Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday extended the lockdown in place in some of its cities and regions until May 10 in accordance with the COVID-19 situation, the president’s press service reported. Speaking at a …