(AFP) - Britain’s new car sales crashed in April to hit the lowest level since 1946 with many showrooms shut for the coronavirus lockdown, industry data showed today. New registrations for all…

(CNBC) - Among Asian economies, corporate debt is building up the fastest and the most in China, South Korea and Singapore, according to a report by Australian bank ANZ last week. Companies in…

(CNA) - Singapore’s factory activity shrank for the third consecutive month in April amid a “circuit breaker” period to curb the spread of COVID-19, making it the lowest reading since November…

(Reuters) - Thailand's new Covid-19 (coronavirus) cases rose to only 18 on Monday (May 4), after falling to single-digits for the past week, but the country reported no new deaths. Monday's…

The Covid-19 virus which has been ravaging France may not have originated in China, according to a study published by virologists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. The French strain may have been…

An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation, people…

(Bloomberg) - President Donald Trump promised a “conclusive” report from the U.S. government on the Chinese origins of the coronavirus outbreak, adding that he has little doubt that Beijing misled…

(Reuters) - Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million, although the rate of fatalities and new cases has slowed from peaks reached last…

South Korea's military has said its troops exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border. (Al Jazeera) - The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul said North Korean troops fired several…

(The Star) - Individuals and criminal organisations have taken immediate advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to find new ways of making money, the European Union’s law enforcement agency said April…

(The Sun Daily) - North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (pix) has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the…

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his hard-fought trade deal with China was now of secondary importance to the coronavirus pandemic and he threatened new tariffs on Beijing,…

With ventilators in short supply, desperate hospitals and governments are seeking the machines from unfamiliar sources online. That’s opened the door to criminals. (Bloomberg) - As…

(Reuters) - United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Apr 29) that he believes China's handling of the COVID-19 is proof that Beijing "will do anything they can" to make him lose his…

Having already claimed nearly 217,000 lives and sent the global economy toward its deepest slump since the Great Depression, the Covid-19 crisis is bound to reshape geopolitics. (FMT) - While…

Singapore has long been known as the ideal location for a commodity trading house due to its light regulation, low taxes and a view of one of the busiest shipping routes globally. (The Online…

It is the first time the government figures have included deaths in care homes and in the community as well as those in hospitals. (Sky News) - The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen…

(Bloomberg) - Virus flareups among migrant workers are fueling a second wave of infections in South-East Asia, forcing governments to shift direction to contain resurgent outbreaks, and serving as…

(SCMP) - A leading candidate for a Covid-19 vaccine has shown promising results in animal trials, and is expected to see mass production in India within months. The Serum Institute of India,…

(China Daily) - Beijing opposes the efforts of some individuals in the United States to drag China into the US elections and play the China card to gain votes, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng…

(Bloomberg) - Forget video conferencing and contact tracing apps; the coolest innovation in Vietnam during this coronavirus crisis might be the curious mix of human, machine and mobile tech that…

(SCMP) - The Trump administration abruptly cut off funding for a project studying how coronaviruses spread from bats to people after reports linked the work to a lab in Wuhan, China, at the centre…

A popular Pakistani cleric whose religious group has been blamed for spreading the Covid-19 coronavirus is facing ridicule after he suggested the pandemic was caused partly by the "immodesty" of…

(Bloomberg) - A narrow waterway off Singapore has become even more congested as oil-laden tankers wait out a slump in global fuel consumption that’s crimped demand and boosted the use of ships to…

(Reuters) - South Korean officials are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill or is being isolated because of coronavirus concerns, emphasising that they…

(Bloomberg) - Vietnam flattened its Covid-19 (coronavirus) infection curve with a sledgehammer, and after some early success, it’s now starting to open up its economy again. When two visitors…

(Bloomberg) - Singapore, which has one of Asia’s smallest populations, is emerging with the region’s highest number of Covid-19 cases after the world’s two most populous countries.…

Police shut a beach because people did not observe restrictions, and three were arrested for protesting against closures. (Sky News) - Many people have flocked to beaches in California during a…

(FMT) - The Canadian government said Friday that one million KN95 masks imported from China did not meet its strict standards and so could not be distributed to frontline health workers amid the…

(Nikkei) - Japan is working on a subsidy to ensure that temporarily idled small-business employees receive 100% of their wages during the current state of emergency, Nikkei has learned. The…