Category: World News

By Joe Brock SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Shortly after midnight on Friday, a young Asian sex worker dressed in a baggy cotton dress and slippers stepped out of a brothel in … Read More

By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – As thousands of Hong Kong citizens and expatriates return to the city, many are seeking refuge in hotels, fearful that cramped apartments in … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health Minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday that 560,000 people had volunteered to help the National Health Service during the coronavirus crisis, more than double the … Read More

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) – For Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS>, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were going to be its springboard to attain a long-held goal – making significant … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he hopes the United States will take substantive action to improve … Read More

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam will limit domestic flights and stop public gatherings for two weeks from Saturday in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government said … Read More

By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian federal and state leaders will meet on Friday, the country’s prime minister said, amid growing expectations the largest states could enforce a wide-ranging … Read More

By Aradhana Aravindan and John Geddie SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Getting within a metre of another person at a restaurant or a shopping queue in Singapore can now land you in … Read More

By Carl O’Donnell (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic could kill more than 81,000 people in the United States in the next four months and may not subside until June, according … Read More

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Investors could be forgiven for doing a double-take: Wait, we’re back in a bull market? The Dow Jones … Read More