Hong Kong will see flood of earnings reports this week Good day traders, and welcome to a fresh week! China and the US are in a verbal spat over who is to blame for the spread of the coronavirus, …
U.S. condemns arrests of top Hong Kong democracy advocates
The arrest Saturday of least 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong was criticized as jeopardizing the rule of law in the southern Chinese city.
Hong Kong gov’t defends arrests of top democrats as police chief says Martin Lee should be ‘ashamed’
The Hong Kong government defended the arrests of 15 high-profile democrats on Sunday, after Saturday’s crackdown was slammed locally and internationally as an “unprecedented assault” on the city’s …
Brunei records one more Covid-19 case, total 138
After recording one confirmed Covid-19 case on Saturday, Brunei Darussalam on Sunday (April 19) added another new case, bringing the current total to 138.
Market Devouring Record Gulf Bonds Won’t Touch Oman, Bahrain
Oman and Bahrain are stuck on the sidelines of the international debt markets after a record borrowing tally by Gulf Arab economies this month underscored a divide between the region’s strongest and …
Mongolia reports 1 more COVID-19 case, 1 recovery
ULAN BATOR, April 20 (Xinhua) — Mongolia’s National Center for Communicable Disease (NCCD) confirmed on Monday one more COVID-19 case, bringing the total infections in the country to 33. “A total of …
‘Seems to me he’s got a lot of demons’: Charges mount against Georgia man in deadly Alabama rampage
Derrick Lee Hightower, a 32-year-old from Columbus, is charged in the shooting death of a Smiths Station woman and suspected in three others – the killings of a couple in Dadeville and the slaying of …
The Latest: 500 fans watch as soccer resumes in Turkmenistan
Soccer has resumed in Turkmenistan with spectators as the Central Asian nation lifted a suspension of its national league …
‘I’m trapped’: the UAE migrant workers left stranded by Covid-19 job losses
In debt, unable to earn and often refused repatriation, many migrant workers face an uncertain future …
UAE groups implicated in suspected violation of Libyan arms embargo
The shipment, under investigation by a UN panel of experts, had a market value of nearly $5m at the time it was loaded in the UAE and was delivered last month to the city of Benghazi, the headquarters …