Wednesday is the final trading day in 2020 for stocks in Japan and South Korea as their markets will be closed on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
More Rohingya sent to Bangladesh island
Rohingyas refugees get off from a navy vessel as they arrive at the Bhasan Char island in Noakhali district, Bangladesh. Bangladesh moved a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a l ... ( read original story ...)
Blackcaps v Pakistan: first test, day five – Live updates
App users click here for update notifications Pakistan 79/3 (Rizwan 0*, Fawad 21*) Target 373 40th over - Trent Boult - 1/24 from 10 overs - to bowl his first over of the day. Down the legside and ... ( read original story ...)
2 Million Jobless Motorbike Drivers Show Covid’s Toll on Indonesia’s Gig Economy
Millions of sidelined motorcycle taxi drivers in Indonesia are bracing for a long recovery as the country’s coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of abating. ( read original story ...)
India’s financial sector faces challenging times ahead – RBI
India's financial sector should brace for challenging times ahead with an increased risk of deterioration in asset quality and lower demand for loans, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a report ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Former lawmaker, wife die from virus hours apart
India has found six people who returned from the United Kingdom in recent weeks infected with a new variant of the coronavirus. The health ministry in a statement on Tuesday said that all the six ... ( read original story ...)
Global report: India finds six cases of new UK variant; South Africa bans alcohol sales
Germany says infectious variant has been present since November; Spain sets up Covid vaccine register ... ( read original story ...)
China Has All It Needs to Vaccinate Millions, Except Proof Its Vaccines Work
Across the country, local governments plan to inoculate 50 million people by early next year. But the vaccines have not officially been approved. ( read original story ...)
U.S., EU criticise China for jailing citizen-journalist who reported on COVID-19
The European Union and United States on Tuesday criticised the jailing of a citizen-journalist in China who reported on the early outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic from Wuhan. ( read original story ...)
Why are so many Chinese companies now based in Neukölln?
Tax changes and aggressive officials have sparked a boom in the number of foreign companies paying taxes in the city's hipster headquarters. ( read original story ...)