Virtually every country has broken the EU's deficit limit while spending to keep health care systems, businesses and jobs alive. ( read original story ...)
Japan to subsidise holidays in effort to revive tourism
Shop and restaurant discounts part of ¥1.35tn plan after 99% decrease in numbers from overseas ... ( read original story ...)
Five Killed in Fire at Bangladesh Hospital’s Coronavirus Unit: Official
The fire broke out shortly before 10 pm after which the fire fighters were informed about the incident at the hospital. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan uses militant-tracking tech to hunt virus
Pakistan's intelligence services are deploying secretive surveillance technology normally used to locate militants to instead track coronavirus patients and the people they come into contact with. In ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia reports 686 new coronavirus cases, 55 deaths
Indonesia reported 686 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the Southeast Asian country to 23,851, a health ministry official said on Wednesday. Indonesia also confirmed ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Singapore-style stimulus not for Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, say economists
Economists say Southeast Asian governments should heed this axiom in fiscal policy as they decide whether to follow regional economic powerhouse Singapore in adding to their already massive rounds of ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: India sees record jump of COVID-19 cases
India sees no respite from the coronavirus caseload seeing another record single day jump of over 6,500 cases at a time when the two-month-old lockdown across the country is set to end on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
Historic swarm of locusts descends upon India, destroying crops
Millions of locusts have descended upon multiple states in India, destroying crops and prompting some governments to deploy drones to disperse them. ( read original story ...)
India coronavirus: Trouble ahead for India’s fight against infections
Since the first case of coronavirus at the end of January, India has reported more than 150,000 Covid-19 infections. More than 4,000 people have died of the infection. To put this in some context, as ... ( read original story ...)
‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm
Blizzards of bugs are descending on India at an already tough time. Scientists say climate change is making the infestation worse. ( read original story ...)