Fun is over for theme parks in the age of social distancing
Richard Mancey, managing director of Paultons Park in Hampshire, says theme parks and other attractions will be in “serious trouble”...
Month: May 2020
Coronavirus latest: Pence staffer tests positive for COVID-19
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
US and China recount contrasting versions of talks on trade deal
BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Chinese officials emerged from trade talks Friday citing different expectations of the outcome as the two countries work...
Astronomical rewards await victor of US and China’s race for space
Then there’s the quest for cheap, clean energy. “Unlike Earth, which is protected by its magnetic field, the moon has...
China says Taiwan will fail in bid to attend key WHO meeting
BEIJING (Reuters) -- Taiwan will fail in its bid to take part in a key meeting of the World Health...
Ex-Garuda chief given 8-year prison term for corruption, reports say
JAKARTA -- The former president director of Garuda Indonesia, Emirsyah Satar has been found guilty of corruption while at the majority...
Virgin Money U-turns on decision to block 32,000 credit cards
Virgin Money has apologised and reversed its decision to block 32,000 customers from making purchases on their credit card. Telegraph...
Toyota and Mazda post first China sales rise since virus outbreak
GUANGZHOU -- Toyota Motor and Mazda Motor both recorded rises in auto sales in China in April, their first monthly increases since the novel coronavirus broke...
Tajikistan finally confronts virus as Central Asian economies reel
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- After weeks of maintaining that anything but the coronavirus was behind a spike in deaths from respiratory...
ASEAN banks prepare for flood of bad loans amid coronavirus havoc
SINGAPORE -- Across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, banks are bracing for a tide of nonperforming loans as the...
