Turkey’s central bank ramped up foreign-currency borrowing from local banks to a record high last month, as it moved to reverse a steep fall in the local currency. ( read original story ...)
Interview: Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods, his new Vietnam war film
New York time, and Spike Lee is wincing in apparent agony. “It pains me!” says the 63-year-old director of Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X and last year’s Oscar winner BlacKkKlansman, holding ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines eases capital’s strict virus lockdown
The Philippines will lift key coronavirus lockdown measures in the nation's capital, President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday, aiming to resuscitate a faltering economy after nearly three months of ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines’ Duterte eases lockdown in capital from June 1
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved a recommendation to ease the lockdown in the capital Manila from June 1, resuming much-needed activity in an economy on the brink of ... ( read original story ...)
Floods and tears in Bangladesh a week after cyclone
Rezaul Islam wades through waist-high water, a sack of rice on his head salvaged from what remains of his home, a week after a cyclone savaged Bangladesh and eastern India. The strongest storm to hit ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh Opts for Restricted Reopening of Offices and Transport, Covid-19 Tally Crosses 40,000-mark
Bangladesh first declared a nationwide holiday from March 26 to April 4 while the country confirmed the first coronavirus death on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first three COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)
Cockpit voice recorder found in debris of Pakistan crash
Search teams on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that crashed into a city neighbourhood last week killing 97 people on board, a spokesman for the ... ( read original story ...)
Why are Pakistan’s generals taking up top civilian posts?
Members of the powerful Pakistani military have grabbed many civilian posts in the past two years, raising concerns that Prime Minister Imran Khan's civilian government is ceding most of its power to ... ( read original story ...)
Voice recorder recovered from Pakistan air disaster
A Pakistan International Airlines spokesman said on Thursday (May 28) that search teams had recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the fated jet which crashed last week, killing 97 people. The ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia to keep prescribing two malaria drugs for COVID-19 despite bans in Europe
Indonesia will continue to prescribe two anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus patients but monitor their use closely, a spokesman for Indonesia COVID-19 taskforce said on Thursday, after some European ... ( read original story ...)