Alongside police and troops overseeing enforcement measures, provincial leaders are running their own zealous campaigns to fight the virus in Indonesia BENGKULU, Indonesia: Indonesian officials are forcing social distancing violators to recite Koran verses, stay in “haunted” houses and submit to public shaming on social media as the country […]
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BEIJING: Volkswagen said on Friday (May 29) it will invest around 2 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) in two Chinese companies in the electric vehicle sector, calling it “the world’s biggest market”. The German car giant said it will take a 50 per cent stake in JAG – the parent company […]
LONDON/BOSTON: Last month Zagg Inc, a Utah-based company that makes mobile device accessories, received more than US$9.4 million in cash from a U.S. government program that has provided emergency loans to millions of businesses hit by the coronavirus. The money was part of the US$660 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) […]
NEW DELHI: India’s coronavirus death toll passed neighbouring China’s on Friday (May 29), with 175 new fatalities in 24 hours taking the total to 4,706, according to official data. India, home to some of the world’s most packed cities and a creaking healthcare system, is emerging as a new hotspot […]
TOKYO: Curbs in Japan’s capital of Tokyo to contain the coronavirus are to be eased further from Monday (Jun 1), Governor Yuriko Koike said, citing the recommendation of an advisory panel. Cram schools, gyms, and theatres are among the facilities that will be allowed to reopen in a phased relaxation […]
BEIJING: China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday (May 29), a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own. Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special US status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a “double-edged sword” and urged the United States to stop interfering in internal affairs. The statement came as US President Donald Trump is due to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he will give a press conference on Friday (May 29) on China amid spiraling US-Chinese tensions over Hong Kong and the coronavirus fallout. “We’ll be announcing tomorrow what we’re doing with respect to China,” he told reporters at an Oval Office meeting on Thursday, […]
BEIJING: China faced growing international pressure on Friday (May 29) over its move to impose a security law on Hong Kong that critics say will destroy the city’s autonomy, with the United States and Britain placing the issue before the UN Security Council. The US, Britain, Canada and Australia led […]
SHANGHAI: China reported no new confirmed coronavirus cases as of the end of May 28, down from two a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Friday (May 29). The National Health Commission also confirmed five new asymptomatic coronavirus cases on May 28, down from 23 a day earlier.