A Scottish pilot, who has returned to the UK after over two months on a ventilator in Vietnam, has warned Britons "not to be blasé about coronavirus" as lockdown eases. Stephen Cameron, 42, from ... ( read original story ...)
Alarm over Vietnam’s first virus cases in months
Vietnam has ramped up its coronavirus control measures after recording four new locally transmitted cases.The country has been lauded as a success story of the pandemic having acted early to close ... ( read original story ...)
Ahead of SONA, Sotto hopes for positive future, Philippines testing negative for COVID-19
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday expressed hopes for a better future in the Philippines hours before President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to deliver his 5th State of the Nation Address ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic hit to Japan’s first-quarter business spending worse than first thought
Japan's companies spent less than initially estimated in the first quarter of the year, revised data showed on Monday, suggesting the coronavirus pandemic's hit to the economy was deeper than first ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh’s Kazi Islam handed 2-year-suspension for doping violation
Dhaka, July 27 (IANS) Kazi Anik Islam, Bangladesh's first-class cricketer who featured in the 2018 U-19 World Cup, has been handed a two-year-suspension for failing a dope test during the National ... ( read original story ...)
Building a new life: Women in Bangladesh aim to shake up textile sector
Bangladesh is the world’s second largest supplier of clothes to Western countries after China, and relies on the garment industry for more than 80% of exports and four million jobs. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan, China trash story about biological weapons as ‘fabricated’
The Foreign Office spokesperson Sunday trashed a news story appearing in ‘Klaxon’, an Australian news website, about China’s Wuhan Laboratory conducting alleged covert operations in Pakistan as ‘a ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia kindergarten explores new ways to teach over pandemic
As schools struggle to keep pupils engaged during the pandemic, a kindergarten on Indonesia's Java island is getting pupils back in the classroom using makeshift transparent cubicles and also sending ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Album: Harvesting amid pandemic in West Java, Indonesia
A goat herder walks past fields of rice at Tanjung Sari village, Bogor district of West Java province, Indonesia, July 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri) JAKARTA, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A green field, two ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia says to lend more to regions to support economy
Indonesia is placing 11.5 trillion rupiah ($793 million) in state funds with some regional development banks and extending loans to provincial governments to support economic recovery amid the ... ( read original story ...)