Malaysian health authorities on Monday reported 55 new coronavirus cases, raising the total to 6,353 cases as Malaysians began heading out under relaxed curbs on movement and businesses. ( read original story ...)
Najib’s 1MDB Trial to Resume Next Week as Malaysia Eases Lockdown
The trial of Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak for his alleged role in 1MDB will resume next week as the country relaxes its lockdown. ( read original story ...)
Malaysia’s March exports drop by less-than-expected 4.7% year-on-year
Malaysia's exports fell 4.7% from a year earlier in March amid a global slowdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Asia virus latest: Japan to extend emergency; Malaysia eases curbs
Japan's government prepared to extend its nationwide state of emergency to the end of May as it braced for a lengthy battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared an ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s $500 Billion Megacity Dream Clashes With Reality
Saudi Arabia plans to build Neom, a futuristic megacity in the middle of the desert. But residents resisting evictions and a historic collapse in oil prices have raised new questions about the project ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim Did Not Have Surgery, South Says, as Shots Fired at DMZ
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends the completion of a fertiliser plant, in a region north of the capital, Pyongyang, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on ... ( read original story ...)
Iran reopens mosques as virus deaths rise by 74
Iran on Monday reopened mosques in parts of the country deemed at low risk from the novel coronavirus as it announced another 74 deaths from the disease. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour ... ( read original story ...)
Iran death toll from coronavirus outbreak rises by 74 to 6,277 – health ministry official
Reuters/WANA NEWS AGENCY The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran (Reuters) - The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak in Iran rose by 74 in the past ... ( read original story ...)
How Turkey’s courts turned on Erdogan’s foes
Thousands of Turkey’s judges and prosecutors have been sacked or jailed as Erdogan’s government wields the judiciary against its opponents. They have been replaced by loyal and inexperienced newcomers ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus around the world: Turkey tea growers face worker shortage
Tea growers are facing a shortage of pickers due to curbs on travel.Up to 40,000 foreign workers usually travel to tea-growing regions on Turkey’s Black Sea coast for the harvest each summer, while a ... ( read original story ...)