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VANUATU. Tropical Cyclone Harold made landfall in Vanuatu as a category 5 cyclone on 6 April with sustained winds of more than 200 km/h. The northern provinces of Sanma, Malampa and Penama are most affected. Due to its path across the centre of Vanuatu, TC Harold has directly impacted on a large.... |
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By Sultan Mohammed Zakaria, South Asia Researcher 6 April 2020, 11:13 UTC. In a situation where the COVID-19 virus has overwhelmed some of the world's best-resourced healthcare systems, Bangladeshlike other developing countriesmust brace for the worst. |
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Asian stocks stepped back on Wednesday after two sessions of sharp gains as investors turned wary on getting too optimistic about the coronavirus while death tolls were still mounting across the globe. Not helping sentiment was wild volatility in the oil market, where prices rebounded in early Asia after sliding on Tuesday leaving traders dizzy. |
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SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Massive lockdowns imposed around the world to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus have drastically slowed down international trade and food supply chains. This led three related international agencies to warn of a potential global food shortage if the coronavirus crisis is not managed properly. |
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JOHOR BAHRU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The number of people in Johor arrested for breaching
has now passed the 1,000 mark. State police chief Commander Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said that as of Tuesday (April 7), they had arrested 1,044 people. He added that on Tuesday alone, they arrested 50 people. |
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BEIJING April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The 38th Luoyang Peony Cultural Festival opened on Monday in Luoyang, central China's Henan province. Due to the novel coronavirus epidemic, this year's festival has brought flowers online, giving people at home the chance to join the crowds at the spot.
The event was live streamed for 24 hours starting 10 a. |
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HONG KONG April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Neat, a Hong Kong -based FinTech company offering modern financial solutions to SMEs and startups, today announced raising a USD11 million Series A funding round. Pacific Century Group (PCG) led the round with participation from Visa, and MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia, among others. |
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Black Desert Mobile Introduces New Battle Modes and Terrmian Town.
SEOUL, South Korea April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Abyss today announced that the new battle modes Special Boss Rush and Ranked Arena have been introduced along with a new town known as Terrmian in Black Desert Mobile . |
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The unprecedented public health emergency triggered by the COVID -19 pandemic and its multi-faceted impact on people’s lives around the world is taking a heavy toll on Asia and the Pacific. Countries in our region are striving to mitigate the massive socioeconomic impact of the pandemic, which is.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Asia halted a two-day rally, with investors weighing signs of a slowing rate of coronavirus spread against more fatalities. Oil continued to swing ahead of a key meeting of suppliers. Outside of Japan, which notched small gains, equities were lower across the region, with declines of about 1% in Hong Kong. |
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Malaysia -- one of the world's top rubber producers and a major source of condoms -- imposed a nationwide lockdown last month as infections surged to the highest level in Southeast Asia. But restrictions on the operations of Malaysian contraceptive giant Karex, which makes one in every five condoms.... |
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MOSCOW, April 8 -- The coronavirus pandemic may cost the Asia-Pacific region 0.8 per cent of the gross domestic product or, equivalently, US$172 billion due to a weakened global demand for their exports alone, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said in a report published on Wednesday. |
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Malaysia -- one of the world's top rubber producers and a major source of condoms -- imposed a nationwide lockdown last month as infections surged to the highest level in Southeast Asia. But restrictions on the operations of Malaysian contraceptive giant Karex, which makes one in every five condoms.... |
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(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Wednesday following the negative cues overnight from Wall Street amid worries about the rising death toll across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed that coronavirus deaths in his state on Monday reflected the biggest one-day increase. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower, gyrating in early Wednesday trading amid uncertainty over the coronavirus outbreak, which continues to claim more lives around the world. Japan's Nikkei 225 inched up 0.1% to 18,974.06 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.3% at 5,234.60, while South Korea's Kospi lost nearly 0. |
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The Festival and Awards will not take place in 2020 SINGAPORE, Apr 8, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Spikes Asia today announces that the Festival will no longer take place in October 2020 as planned. The Festival of Creativity, Spikes Awards and Tangrams Strategy & Effectiveness Awards will be held in.... |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Wednesday following the negative cues overnight from Wall Street amid worries about the rising death toll across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed that coronavirus deaths in his state on Monday reflected the biggest one-day increase. |
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Students eat lunch between dividers in the canteen of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in Taipei, Taiwan April 6, 2020. — Reuters pic. HONG KONG, April 8 — As the coronavirus pandemic sparks global lockdowns, life has continued comparatively unhindered in places like.... |
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HONG KONG: Most Asian equities retreated Wednesday after a two-day rally as investors closely track developments in the coronavirus crisis, while the oil market continued to fluctuate ahead of a crucial producers' meeting.
While the deadly disease continues to sweep across the planet, signs that.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower, gyrating in early Wednesday trading amid uncertainty over the coronavirus outbreak, which continues to claim more lives around the world. Japan's Nikkei 225 inched up 0.1% to 18,974.06 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.3% at 5,234.60, while South Korea's Kospi lost nearly 0. |
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By Wayne Cole. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks stepped back on Wednesday after two sessions of sharp gains as investors tempered their optimism about the coronavirus while death tolls were still mounting across the globe. While the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations seemed to be levelling off in.... |
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Asian markets fall as investors take stock of the outbreak. Asian stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday, as investors paused after a two-day rally to assess the world’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. Stocks in Japan were flat by midday, but markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Australia fell slightly. |
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Market heavyweight SoftBank is losing almost 3 percent, while Fast Retailing is advancing more than 1 percent. WeWork's owner, We Company, has filed a lawsuit against SoftBank Group for the Japanese conglomerate's decision to terminate a $3 billion tender offer for shares in the office-space sharing company. |
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By Yoojung Lee. (Bloomberg) -- The Tangs are a classic Singapore power couple. Gordon, a former professional windsurfer and avid sailor, and his wife Celine moved from China in the 1990s, founded trading firm Tang Dynasty and then established a real estate empire. Their SingHaiyi Group Ltd. |
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Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Wednesday after two sessions of sharp gains, as the death toll from the new coronavirus continued to climb across the globe even though infections showed signs of a slowdown.
New York state suffered the highest daily loss of life from COVID-19 on Tuesday, even.... |
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