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LONDON / TOKYO: European manufacturers may be over the worst of a coronavirus-driven downturn, but Asia’s pain deepened in May due to a slump in global trade, with export powerhouses Japan and South Korea seeing the sharpest falls in activity in over a decade, surveys showed. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked set to follow U.S. shares higher Tuesday as investors focused on signs of economic recovery over further tension with China and spreading protests in America. The dollar slumped. Futures indicated gains in Tokyo, Sydney and Hong Kong. |
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SHAKEY’S Pizza Asia Ventures, Inc. (Shakey’s) posted a 35% drop in net income for the first quarter as operations in its restaurant chain were halted by the Luzon-wide lockdown in March. In a statement Monday, the restaurant chain operator said its net income fell to P114 million in the three-month period as gross revenues ended flat at P1. |
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THE RISKIER PARTS of the developing world are again flirting with international debt markets — and Asian companies are leading the charge. Asia’s riskier borrowers are once again selling offshore debt, paving the way for other emerging-market (EM) bond sellers amid optimism reopening economies will stoke global growth. |
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In India’s capital, New Delhi, a sprawling city of more than 20 million people, coronavirus cases continue to rise. And the police are seemingly everywhere. They’re manning hundreds of checkpoints, and running patrols all across the city. I’m Jeffrey Gettleman, the South Asia bureau chief for The New York Times, based in Delhi. |
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A slump in methanol demand is forcing the US to push more methanol cargoes to Asia and Europe. Therefore, we expect freight rates for coated MR2 tankers to improve on these routes. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit the global economy harder than expected with countries applying various degrees of lockdowns to prevent its spread. |
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Source: Amnesty International NZ. Responding to the authorities’ banning of Hong Kong’s annual June Fourth Tiananmen anniversary vigil for the first time in 30 years due to COVID-19 social distancing measures, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for East and South East Asia, Joshua Rosenzweig,.... |
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Ted S. Yoho (R-FL), Ranking Member of the Asia Subcommittee, and Brad Sherman (D-CA), former chair of the Asia Subcommittee, announced the introduction of the House version of S. 3798, led by Senators Toomey and Van Hollen, to impose mandatory sanctions on.... |
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Visitors admire the Sistine Chapel as the Vatican Museum reopened, in Rome, Monday, June 1, 2020. The Vatican Museums reopened Monday to visitors after three months of shutdown following COVID-19 containment measures. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
MIAMI – At least a quarter of the COVID-19 deaths.... |
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Asian shares advanced to three-month highs on Monday as progress on re-opening economies helped offset jitters over riots in U.S. cities and unease over Washington's power struggle with Beijing. There was also relief that while President Donald Trump began the process of ending special U.S. |
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TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) – Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration [IRICA] said Iran’s foreign trade with Eurasia has exceeded $2.112 billion since October 27, 2019 when Preferential Trade Agreement [PTA] was inked between Islamic Republic of Iran and Eurasian Economic Union [EAEU]. |
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China, where the virus emerged late last year in Wuhan, has recorded fewer than 5,000 deaths, which translates to three deaths per million inhabitants. Japan has around seven per million, Pakistan six, South Korea and Indonesia five, India three, and Thailand fewer than one per million. |
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A second wave of COVID-19 cases is coming . In some corners of the world, it's already upon us. This is not a vague projection by fevered anti-Trumpers. It's a reality proven by past pandemics. Across Europe and Asia and especially in the United States, the world has begun to emerge from deep.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation's governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia to Europe to the United States on Monday, even as U. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher.
The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher.
The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher.
The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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Despite current economic challenges, energy and industrial leaders are expected to remain committed to their long-term plans to reduce fossil fuel reliance. Eighty-nine percent of executives surveyed across energy and industrial sectors reported already having or developing a strategy to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia.... |
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NEWDELHI (CNA) — Taiwan is looking forward to enhance closer trade and economic ties with India in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, the country’s top envoy to the South Asian country said during a recent interview. In the interview published by eGov Magazine Friday, Tien Chung-kwang (田中光) shared his.... |
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Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia to Europe to the United States on Monday, even as U. |
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WASHINGTON -- Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents in the United States have died from COVID-19, according to a report prepared for the nation’s governors, a number that is partial and likely to go higher. The disclosure came as the first day of June saw coronavirus restrictions ease from Asia to Europe to the United States on Monday, even as U. |
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