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[ad_1] HONG KONG (China Daily / ANN): Hong Kong has plunged deep into recession with its economy registering its biggest quarterly decline on record, declining by almost 9 percent in the first three months of this year, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic . The 8.9 percent annual decline in gross …

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – A large majority of people around the world want their governments to prioritize saving lives rather than measures to restart economies that are affected by measures aimed at stopping the spread of the new coronavirus, according to a survey global. The latest findings of the “Edelman …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Bankruptcies over the outbreak of Covid-19 (coronavirus) rose sharply in Japan in April, reaching nearly 90, local media reported on Tuesday (May 5). As of the weekend, the number of bankruptcies related to the spread of the virus totalled 114, compared with 25 at the end of March, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged China to be transparent about what it knows about the origin of the coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan, China and has wreaked havoc around the world. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told ABC “This Week” on Sunday that there was …

[ad_1] Here’s an out-of-this-world story you never knew you needed to read. A Malaysian man was praised last week after announcing on Twitter that he had received a grant from the US space agency NASA through Singapore’s oldest university by creating an impressive system for future travelers to Mars. Days …

[ad_1] The WestLite Toh Guan Dorm serves as an isolation area for foreign workers in Singapore. (AP Photo) SINGAPORE: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed 632 additional cases of Covid-19 infection, bringing the most recent figure to 19,410. Its Ministry of Health (MOH) in a statement on Monday attributed the “vast majority” …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Liu Xiaoming (Photo), said that British politicians who have called for ties between the two nations to be restored are at risk of poisoning the relationship. The rhetoric against China is in danger of undermining international solidarity in the fight against the …

[ad_1] A policeman wields his baton to people who don’t keep physical distance outside a liquor store in Mumbai on May 4 (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Police waved the batons on Monday to beat thirsty Indians struggling to buy alcohol for the first time in 40 days as the government …

[ad_1] (Reuters) – More than 3.59 million people are reported to be infected with the new coronavirus worldwide and 250,386 have died, according to a Reuters count at 0200 GMT on Tuesday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graph that tracks global spread, open https://tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser. …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), PC Carigali México Operations S.A. de C.V. (PCCMO) has made two deepwater oil discoveries in the Salina Basin off the coast of Mexico. Petronas said Tuesday that the discovery was from the Polok-1 and Chinwol-1 exploration wells in Block 29. The …