Health department understood to be returning shipment of PPE and seeking refund ... ( read original story ...)
Cruise ship linked to Australian coronavirus cluster reaches Philippines
A cruise ship at the heart of Australia's biggest coronavirus cluster arrived off the Philippines on Thursday to repatriate more than 200 crew, leaving behind weeks of outrage and acrimony over why ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus-Wary Japan Tries to Take Business Card Ritual Online
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's time-honoured ritual of exchanging business cards face-to-face is under pressure as the government promotes a "new lifestyle" to combat the coronavirus. Experts this week ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s emergency could be lifted early in some areas: economy minister
Japan's state of emergency over the novel coronavirus could be lifted early in some areas of the country that have seen declines in new infections, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on ... ( read original story ...)
Three US Marines subdue disruptive passenger on Japan-to-Texas flight: report
Three fast-responding U.S. Marines are being credited with subduing a disruptive passenger Monday during a flight from Tokyo to Dallas. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan to lift lockdown from Saturday, despite rising COVID-19 curve
Pakistan's coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, despite the fact that the number of cases in the country is still accelerating. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia Reports 338 New Coronavirus Cases, 35 Deaths: Health Ministry Official
Indonesia reported 338 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number to 12,776, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto told reporters on Thursday. Thirty-five more people who tested positive for ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia-Australia free trade deal to be activated by July
A free trade deal covering $18 billion in agriculture, education and health services between Australia and Indonesia will be activated within two months, as the Morrison government looks to push the ... ( read original story ...)
Gas leak at LG Polymers plant in India leaves at least a dozen people dead
Toxic gas leak strikes in the dead of night just days after LG Polymers plant reopened after coronavirus shutdown. ( read original story ...)
Hundreds sickened in India and 9 dead from gas leak in reopened factory
A gas leak at a chemical plant in the port city of Visakhapatnam in southern India killed at least nine people and left over 200 hospitalized early Thursday, according to local authorities. Two of the ... ( read original story ...)