Health officials are rushing to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India’s southern city of Chennai, where a large cluster has been identified among people at one of …
India’s ‘corona warrior’ who is also fighting cancer
He says he and his wife wanted to become parents again but it was while they were trying – in 2014 – that she received her cancer diagnosis. Mr Sahu owns a convenience store. He used to work on …
China says HK will never be calm unless violent protesters removed
China’s Hong Kong affairs office on Wednesday condemned Hong Kong protesters as a “political virus” who seek independence, warning that the city will never be calm unless what it said were violent …
Investors’ No. 1 concern is a US-China political face-off, says economist
The coronavirus pandemic might have peaked, but the political fallout from it is just picking up pace and investors are getting very worried, said an economist on Wednesday.
China plans to complete space station by 2022
China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after …
China’s April-May exports growth expected to contract by up to 30%, says economist
China could ramp up stimulus to boost domestic demand to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on exports and its labor market, Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset …
Young May Day travellers raise hope for China’s tourism
China’s tourism sector showed encouraging signs of recovery over the May Day holiday with 115 million trips made, many by car and by younger people emerging from weeks of coronavirus lockdown, …
Students in China’s virus centre Wuhan return to school
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners.
The Wuhan lab at the heart of the US-China virus spat
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both claimed that there is evidence the pathogen came from the lab in Wuhan — the city where the disease was first detected late last …
Qatar Airways planning substantial job cuts: company notice
Qatar Airways is planning to cut a significant amount of jobs due to the travel disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and told cabin crew to prepare for redundancies, according to a company …