TOKYO (Reuters) – Fujirebio, a subsidiary of Japanese diagnostics and laboratory testing service provider Miraca Holdings, applied on Monday for government approval for Japan’s first antigen coronavirus testing kits, a health ministry official said. Japan’s sole official test for coronavirus diagnosis is a polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, test. Antigen tests can be conducted more […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global stock markets rose on Monday as investors cheered news that more countries and U.S. states were looking to ease lockdowns and the Bank of Japan expanded its stimulus program, while the price of oil continued to crumble as storage runs out. The U.S. dollar fell as risk-prone traders cheered lockdown […]
SINGAPORE – Another 12 residents and two staff at a welfare home in Admiralty have tested positive for the Covid-19 infection, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) said on Monday (April 27). The residents and staff of Acacia Home are now warded at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, […]
Hi all, In today’s bulletin: Australia complains about China’s ‘economic coercion’ threat & Filipinos about Beijing’s veiled message in a music video, China and India emerge as the world’s 2nd and 3rd biggest military spenders, Muslims mark the beginning of Ramadan, e-sports finds more enthusiasts in Covid-19 times, how the workplace will change, and more. […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO on Monday said it bought 60,000 tonnes of Ukraine wheat from investment firm SALIC, marking its first purchase from agricultural investments overseas aimed at enhancing the country’s food security. The Ukraine wheat cargo was bought at $248 a tonne, after the kingdom asked Saudi private investors […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked Britons for abiding by the lockdown as he returned to work on Monday (April 27) after recovering from a serious Covid-19 infection, saying Britain was turning the tide against the coronavirus spread. “Everyday, I know that this virus brings new sadness and mourning to households across the […]
SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares bounced on Monday as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced more stimulus steps to help cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus, but the recent weak run in the global oil price showed no signs of ending. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 1.8%, taking back […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – Survivors of last year’s New Zealand volcano eruption are planning to sue cruise ship company Royal Caribbean for failing to warn of the risks involved in touring the area, lawyers said on Monday (April 27). There were 47 people, mainly Australian tourists, on White Island when it erupted on Dec 9 last […]
SINGAPORE – A 24-year-old university student given probation for molesting a woman at an MRT station had his probation sentence overturned following a successful High Court appeal by the prosecution. Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon on Monday (April 27) sentenced Terence Siow Kai Yuan to two weeks’ imprisonment for his offence, finding that the undergraduate had […]
The Ruby Princess is biggest single source of coronavirus cases in Australia and is now under criminal investigation. The Ruby Princess, a cruise ship that has become the biggest single source of coronavirus cases in Australia, docked at a port in southern New South Wales (NSW) on Monday so crew in need of urgent medical […]