The Philippines successfully sold $2.35 billion worth of 10-year and 25-year global bonds, priced at the lowest coupon rate ever achieved for these debt papers despite market volatility caused by the ... ( read original story ...)
Game on: Japan group offers retro consoles to cooped-up kids
A group of Japanese retro video game enthusiasts is hoping that lockdown-induced boredom will convert today's children into fans of yesteryear's games, offering 100 classic Nintendo consoles. "A ... ( read original story ...)
Alone in Japan, Thomas Deng’s dream year is not turning out as planned
A move to a big Japanese club and an Olympic berth - this should have been the best time of Thomas Deng's career. Now he's alone in a foreign country, playing a waiting game. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s beleaguered nurses battling widespread abuse along with COVID-19
Nurses have been refused daycare for their children and asked to keep away from other families on playgrounds amid wave of "corona-bullying." ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Two million Bangladesh jobs ‘at risk’ as clothes orders dry up
High Street fashion emporiums around the world have closed their doors for lockdowns, but the largely forgotten victims are thousands of miles from the glass and steel-fronted shopping arcades. Sabina ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia Church Raising Funds For Coronavirus Relief Burns Down
The massive fire at the Church of Christ Cathedral just outside Jakarta caught fire on Monday. There were reportedly no casualties. ( read original story ...)
Religious freedom watchdog recommends blacklisting India
Religious freedom in India sharply declined last year under the strengthened leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a U.S. religious freedom watchdog said. ( read original story ...)
Global lobbying groups call for delay to India’s new digital tax
Nine lobbying groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have urged India to delay a new digital tax that will hit firms such as Facebook and Google as they are battling the fallout of the ... ( read original story ...)
China to convene Congress, showing confidence in virus fight
China has decided to hold the annual meeting of its ceremonial parliament late next month after postponing it for weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)
China bristles at call by Australia to investigate Covid-19 origin
Beijing warns relationship could be damaged ‘beyond repair’ after prime minister Scott Morrison cites ‘extraordinary’ impact of virus ... ( read original story ...)