By Leika Kihara, Kentaro SugiyamaTOKYO (Reuters) - With interest rates already ultra-low, Japan must switch to bolder fiscal spending to...
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SINGAPORE: With so much news circulating about the COVID-19 situation in Singapore, freelance yoga teacher Ms Lim Lishan feels more...
SEOUL: North Korea called for more strict and thorough countermeasures to ensure the safety of its citizens from the fast...
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council on Thursday (Apr 9) to display unity as it met...
SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh called for “a thorough review of what a living wage in Singapore ought...
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is making between 1,000 to 2,000 calls a day to help contact trace and...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday (Mar 27) that he hopes...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Mar 24) he wants to loosen the coronavirus lockdown in the United States and...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday (Mar 23 called for protection of Asian Americans after charges that his use...
ATHENS: Greece on Monday (Mar 23) put out a call for health volunteers to help combat the spread of the...
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO: Brazil declared a state of emergency on Friday (Mar 20), freeing up funds for the federal government to...
GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday (Mar 18) called the new coronavirus an "enemy against humanity", as...
BERLIN: Germany is facing its biggest challenge "since the Second World War" in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Mar 17) called for a unified national response to the coronavirus threat, after coming...