FILE PHOTO: Vendors sell at a market after the government eased a nationwide lockdown during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Yen Duong/File PhotoHANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s economic growth slowed this year to its weakest in at least three decades, buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and […]
BEIJING (NYTIMES) – In one video, during the lockdown in Wuhan, China, she filmed a hospital hallway lined with rolling beds, the patients hooked up to blue oxygen tanks. In another, she panned over a community health centre, noting that a man said he was charged for a coronavirus test, even though residents believed the […]
HONG KONG (XINHUA) – At seven o’clock in the morning, housewives rushed to a shared kitchen in the open corridors in the centre of “H” shaped blocks of buildings, gossiping while preparing breakfast, with the sound of fire alarms triggered by old-fashioned kerosene stoves ringing in the background. This is one of Mr Tony Lai’s […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – Profits at China’s industrial firms grew robustly in November for a seventh month of gains, supported by strong industrial production and sales, as manufacturers continue their recovery from the COVID-19 downturn.FILE PHOTO: Workers wearing face masks following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak load steel products for export to a cargo ship at […]
PALM BEACH, Fla/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Millions of Americans are about to see their jobless benefits expire on Saturday as U.S. President Donald Trump has so far refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, insisting that it did not do enough to help everyday people.Residents of Meridian Heights apartments in […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China on Saturday (Dec 26) amended a criminal law to increase imprisonment terms for securities and futures market crimes, including fraudulent securities issuances and information disclosure fraud, according to a regulatory statement. According to an online posting by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Saturday night, the imprisonment for fraudulent securities […]
TOKYO – Revellers in Tokyo rang in the festive season by crowding shopping districts, packing Christmas markets and thronging illumination events with barely a thought for social distancing, potentially compromising official efforts to rein in surging Covid-19 infections. Tokyo set a new single-day high of 949 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Dec 26), busting its […]
DHAKA (AFP) – A Bangladeshi film director has been arrested and charged after a scene depicting police harshly interrogating a rape victim and highlighting attitudes towards violence against women in the conservative nation sparked the ire of the force. The first half of Nabab LLB, a fictional courtroom drama about rape and the treatment of […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia on Saturday (Dec 26) recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with 2,335 infections. The capital city Kuala Lumpur made up the largest share of the new infections with 728 cases (31.2 per cent), followed by Selangor and Johor with 710 and 412 […]
SINGAPORE – Malay/Muslim Singaporeans have acted in a responsible way during the Covid-19 outbreak this year and helped keep the virus from spreading further, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli last Friday (Dec 18). Mr Masagos, who is also the Minister for Social and Family Development, highlighted how the community not only stepped up to […]