Indonesia’s number of reported cases of the coronavirus has risen by 214 to 9,096, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Monday.
Indonesia Hopes for Return to ‘Normal Lives’ by July
At the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Indonesia has also temporarily halted air and sea travel, with some exceptions, until May 31 in a bid to curb the spread of th …
Tunnel 3 of Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway drilled through
The Tunnel 3 of the Jakarta-Bandung high speed railway (JBHSR) project was drilled through on Sunday, which is the third drilled-through tunnel after the Walini Tunnel and Tunnel 5. Tunnel 3 project …
Indonesia’s Pertamina to store gasoline onboard ships in rare move
Indonesia’s Pertamina has chartered ships to store gasoline off Singapore waters in a possible effort to cash in on the current low prices caused by a slump in demand because of the coronavirus, three …
India’s central bank offers mutual funds $6.6bn liquidity line
The Reserve Bank of India has unveiled a Rs500bn ($6.6bn) liquidity infusion for mutual funds in an effort to head off contagion across asset managers after Franklin Templeton’s decision to shut …
India’s income tax office dismisses calls for coronavirus tax on super rich, says it doesn’t reflect ‘official views’
A group of officers from the Indian Revenue Service has called for higher taxes for the rich: a 40% tax rate for people earning above 10 million rupees in a year, or a wealth tax for those with a net …
Bangladesh restarts some garment factories, India debates an easing of restrictions
More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while in India calls grew for an easing …
India announces rollback of coronavirus lockdown restrictions
India is easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions in some neighborhoods mildly affected by the virus. The country initially mandated stay-at-home orders its entire 1.3 billion population in an effort …
Trump plots new election strategy: tie Biden to China – and attack them both
As the campaign is reshaped by the coronavirus, the president has sought to shift focus away from his erratic response …
Does China Have Any Friends Left in the West?
Rather than being China’s “best partner,” the U.K. might be China’s only friend left in the West and even that friendship is under threat.