A Japanese professor of infectious disease says he is “very pessimistic” the postponed Tokyo Olympics can open in 15 months. “To be honest with you, I don’t think the …
Asian shares fall back on weak oil prices, Japan trade data
Shares are mostly lower in Asia as oil prices fell back and Japan’s trade data for March was weaker than expected …
Japan exports slump as coronavirus hits US, Chinese demand
Monday’s bleak data underscored the challenges Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government faces in dealing with a collapse in activity that is expected to send the global economy into its deepest slump …
100,000 gather for funeral in Bangladesh, defying lockdown and sparking outbreak fears
More than 100,000 people defied Bangladesh’s lockdown order on Saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the Islamist party in the district of Brahmanbaria, authorities said.
Woman Dies of Starvation amid Cornavirus Lockdown in Pakistan
Bibi’s husband Allah Baksh said he is a daily wager and due to the lockdown could not find work and was facing problems in feeding his family, which includes six children.
Indonesia Orders Widespread Virus Testing as Cases Quadruple
Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for an urgent expansion of testing and aggressive containment measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus that’s killed almost 600 people in the world’s …
Indonesia reports 185 new coronavirus cases, total 6,760
Indonesia reported on Monday 185 new cases, taking the total number of infections in the Southeast Asian country to 6,760, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Yurianto said there had been …
The Note: China comes into uneasy focus in early general-election skirmish
There’s political consensus, for the moment, about the potency of China as an election-year issue that stems directly from the COVID-19 crisis.
Exclusive: India’s stiffer foreign investment rules aimed at China to include Hong Kong – sources
India’s new rules to more closely scrutinise foreign investments from companies based in neighbouring countries will also apply to Hong Kong, two senior government sources told Reuters on Monday.
‘Go to China if you want communism’: Anti-quarantine protester clashes with people in scrubs
Go to China if you want communism,” yelled one “Operation Gridlock” protester in Colorado as a man in scrubs and a N-95 mask stood firmly opposite her in downtown Denver.