Singapore extends shutdown until June as virus cases top 9,000
SINGAPORE -- Singapore's shutdown of non-essential workplaces and schools will continue for four weeks longer than planned, until June 1,...
Linda J. Dodson
Why the cost of petrol won’t follow the collapse in oil prices
Drivers expecting a noticeable fall in their petrol bills following the recent collapse of the price of oil will be...
Singapore scores own goal with cartoon coronavirus superheroes
SINGAPORE -- The Singaporean government has backpedaled away from a coronavirus PR campaign that was supposed to lighten the mood...
Four things to know about the historic oil price plunge
TOKYO -- Even in a world becoming more used to the convulsions of the coronavirus pandemic, Monday's breakdown in oil...
Keeping the over-70s indoors for a year would be an economic disaster
Breaking out official data for the over-70s is not possible, but given the triple lock, it’s hardly surprising that a...
should we lift the lockdown to save the economy?
There were justifications for this in 1918. No vaccine was coming. Countries had to build herd immunity. This time there...
Iris Ohyama to make masks in Japan as it trims China reliance
TOKYO -- Iris Ohyama, a maker of household products, will start producing face masks in Japan without relying on materials...
China’s self-driving taxis hit the gas on commercial aspirations
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- Chinese automated driving startup AutoX has one foot in its home market and one in the U.S.,...
Asian prisons at bursting point become COVID-19 breeding grounds
PHNOM PENH/MANILA -- Kuoch Kimseang fears for the life of her younger sister.Sokhom is one of 1,850 inmates in Phnom...
Indian news site raises $23.5m funding from Bytedance and others
NEW DELHI -- News and local language content platform Dailyhunt has raised about $23.5 million in a Series G funding round from existing...
