Archive for April 23rd, 2020
Pompeo presses China to allow lab inspections amid pandemic
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday pressed China to allow inspectors into sensitive laboratories, voicing concern about their security amid the global COVID-19 [...] » More
US attacks China climate record on Earth Day
President Donald Trump’s administration has pulled out of the Paris climate accord and slashed environmental regulations, but on Earth Day Wednesday it pointed the [...] » More
Japan reports 14 more coronavirus cases on Italian cruise ship
Fourteen more coronavirus infections have been confirmed on the Italian cruise ship Costa Atlantica docked for repairs in Japan, a local official said on Thursday, bringing [...] » More
WHO warns ‘long way to go’ in virus crisis, deaths top 180,000
The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the [...] » More
Australia says all WHO members should participate in a coronavirus inquiry
All members of the World Health Organization (WHO) should cooperate with a proposed independent review into the spread of coronavirus, Australia’s prime minister Scott [...] » More
US says to review if WHO is being run properly
The United States will assess if the World Health Organization is being run properly following President Donald Trump’s pause in US funding to the global body, the [...] » More
Australia calls on G20 nations to end wet wildlife markets over coronavirus concerns
Australia has called on G20 nations to end wet wildlife markets over concerns they pose a threat to human health and agricultural markets, a move which could further strain [...] » More
41 Myanmar workers caught celebrating ‘Songkran’ handed over to Immigration
Forty-one Myanmar nationals who were fined RM1,000 each for celebrating the “Thingyan” (Songkran) festival at their workers’ hostel last week, have been handed over to [...] » More
Exclusive: Facebook agreed to censor posts after Vietnam slowed traffic sources
Facebook’s local servers in Vietnam were taken offline early this year, slowing local traffic to a crawl until it agreed to significantly increase the censorship of [...] » More
Vietnam to gradually ease Covid-19 control measures
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said the country could start gradually loosening Covid-19 containment measures during a Government meeting in Hanoi on Monday (April 20). [...] » More
COVID-19: MOE to bring forward June holidays to 5 May, re-schedule affected exams
The Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Tuesday (21 April) that it will bring forward the June holidays to 5 May as well as re-schedule affected examinations. The [...] » More
Top areas likely to make breakthroughs after the disease
Catching the changing trend of the market and consumers, many fields would make a breakthrough. Artificial intelligence in biology would shine In early February, when [...] » More
Asia-Pacific markets tumble on epic plunge in oil futures amid coronavirus, reports N Korea leader is ill
Hong Kong and other Asia-Pacific stocks declined Tuesday after West Texas crude futures fell into negative territory on massive oversupply amid the coronavirus pandemic and [...] » More
HSBC Asia investment bank head takes sabbatical as part of latest management shake-up
HSBC’s investment banking head in Asia-Pacific took a six-month sabbatical beginning this month as part of chief executive Noel Quinn’s efforts to reshape the [...] » More
Asia equities set to plunge after US crude collapses for second day
Asian share markets slipped to two-week lows on Wednesday as the floor fell out from under crude prices, exposing the deep economic damage wrought by the global coronavirus [...] » More
