Category: World News

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Expatriates in Hong Kong are buying up masks to send to family and friends back home as supplies return to shops in the Asian financial hub … Read More

By Heru Asprihanto and Willy Kurniawan JAKARTA (Reuters) – As debate rages about the true death toll caused by the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, Jakarta coffin maker Sahroni has been … Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by more than 1,000 for the second day running, taking the total to 8,672, the crisis response centre said … Read More

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian health authorities on Wednesday reported 156 new cases of coronavirus infection, pushing the cumulative total to 4,119 cases as Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy continues to … Read More

By Rajendra Jadhav and Rupam Jain MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s financial hub Mumbai is set to extend lockdown measures until at least April 30 as authorities race to expand testing … Read More

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday 218 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 2,956, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. He reported 19 … Read More

By Maria Caspani and Doina Chiacu NEW YORK (Reuters) – Even as medical teams struggled to save an onslaught of gravely ill coronavirus patients and deaths hit new highs, the … Read More

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry said on Wednesday the coronavirus outbreak has killed five more people, with 106 additional infections. In a bulletin, the health ministry said total … Read More

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong said on Wednesday social-distancing restrictions including the closure of some bars and pubs and a ban on public gatherings of more than four people … Read More

DUBAI (Reuters) – The Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, has pardoned 599 prisoners jailed for various offenses, including 336 foreigners, the state-run Oman News Agency said on Twitter … Read More