Coronavirus latest: US death toll tops 40,000
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Year: 2020
Coronavirus latest: G-20 ministers agree on sharing information
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Singapore cabbies get new side gig delivering food and groceries
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's largest land transport operator, ComfortDelGro, is helping its taxi drivers find work delivering meals and groceries as the...
Big Tech steps in with $1bn rescue funds as governments fall short
TOKYO -- Global tech heavyweights such as Google and Alibaba Group Holding are setting up rescue funds to help small...
Matalan and Poundstretcher under pressure from their landlords
Landlords are this week ratcheting up the pressure on businesses to pay rent during the lockdown by issuing winding up...
South Korea to adopt wristbands for quarantine violators
SEOUL -- The South Korean government has decided that people who defy quarantine measures will have to wear special electronic...
Fears over job cuts ahead as UK’s furlough scheme opens
Business leaders are warning that mass redundancies remain a threat as taxpayers today begin bearing the cost of millions of...
Vietnam garment makers hung out to dry as global orders vanish
HANOI/YANGON -- Vietnam's textile sector is reeling from a sudden loss of orders that could be catastrophic to many garment...
Japan’s temp staff faces ‘May shock’ bigger than financial crisis
TOKYO -- Hundreds of thousands of Japan's temporary workers could be terminated at the end of May as businesses hit...
Singapore’s coronavirus spike sends world a wake-up call
SINGAPORE -- Surging coronavirus infections in Singapore's migrant worker communities have underscored the difficulty of stomping out the disease --...
