NEW DELHI: India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government...
Month: March 2020
SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 outbreak could slow down foreign investments but the country’s fundamentals remain strong and the reasons why global...
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian authorities are set to implement enhanced measures to better contain the spread of COVID-19, Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on...
SINGAPORE: Three men have failed in their challenges against section 377A of the penal code, after a High Court judge dismissed...
LONDON: A new version of a breathing aid that can help coronavirus patients has been developed in less than a...
WELLINGTON: New Zealanders have become so keen to report their neighbours for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules that police on Monday...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Chinese community has been urged by the government, as well as religious and grassroots associations, to observe...
SINGAPORE: US-China ties were already “complicated” before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the blame game between them over the outbreak will not...
Commentary Commentary There is no hard evidence yet that the loss of smell is a COVID-19 symptom, but this may...
BEIJING; China's central bank on Monday (Mar 30) cut an interest rate on loans to banks by the largest margin in...
BANGKOK: Thailand saw 136 new coronavirus cases on Monday (Mar 30), raising the total number of infections to 1,524, said...
WASHINGTON: A limited emergency-use authorisation for two anti-malarial drugs touted as gamechangers by President Donald Trump has been issued by...
TOKYO: Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who had been hospitalised after being infected with COVID-19, has died, becoming the first Japanese...