Japan must cement ties with ASEAN in health care security
BANGKOK -- Despite some skepticism in the West that Tokyo has been successful in curbing the spread of coronavirus, Southeast...
Month: May 2020
How a home office can add 10pc to your property value
At the top end, of course, home offices can get a little silly. “If you’re buying at the £10m mark, then...
US awakens to risk of China-Russia alliance in the Arctic
NEW YORK -- When the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee convened a hearing to confirm the new Secretary of Navy Kenneth Braithwaite,...
Japan — land of exotic coffee beans
TOKYO -- One day, a young Seiichi Yoshitama learned of a Brazilian immigrant who had brought coffee seedlings to Amami-Oshima,...
Chinese oil demand on recovery track, pushing prices higher
Tokyo/ Shanghai -- Oil demand in China, the second largest market in the world, is returning to pre-pandemic levels, with...
Markets brace for negative interest rates by the end of the year
Markets are now bracing for the Bank to enter the uncharted territory with investors pricing in rates to drop below...
Johnson told to build ‘air bridges’ to fuel recovery
Business leaders have written to Boris Johnson to demand the urgent creation of “air bridges” to low-risk countries to quash...
China’s Hong Kong law a ‘flagrant breach,’ global leaders say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijing's proposed national security laws for Hong Kong,...
Privacy in a pandemic? Contact-tracing apps gain global popularity
TOKYO -- Governments are trying to strike a delicate balance between public safety and privacy in an attempt to convince citizens to embrace contract-tracing...
Thailand begins coronavirus vaccine trials on monkeys
BANGKOK (Reuters) -- Thailand on Saturday began testing a vaccine against the coronavirus on monkeys after positive trials in mice, an official...
