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US adding 33 Chinese companies, institutions to economic blacklist
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday it would add 33 Chinese firms and institutions to an economic blacklist for helping Beijing spy on its minority Uighur population or because of ties to weapons of mass destruction and China's military.
Philippines economic team slashes budget for infrastructure
MANILA (Philippine Inquirer/ANN):The economic team has slashed the amount set aside to build infrastructure this year even as total expenditures on public goods and services were jacked up to better respond to the Covid-19 crisis.
Beaches, parks busy as Europe heat wave and U.S. spring test new coronavirus rules
(Reuters) - Summer weather is enticing much of the world to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns as centers of the outbreak from New York to Italy and Spain gradually lift restrictions that have kept millions indoors for months.
Mamak eateries stick to old prices
PETALING JAYA: Prices of chicken and fish dishes will remain the same at mamak restaurants despite the increase in the price of raw materials.
A balanced media narrative is in order
FROM the riots in Hong Kong last year, whitewashed as peaceful pro-democracy protests, to the lockdown of Wuhan and other Chinese cities, derided as draconian and an abuse of human rights, the sting was always there, and often not even hidden in between the lines.
Factbox: Europe begins easing coronavirus lockdowns
(Reuters) - Some European countries have announced plans to ease restrictions on social life, transport and cross-border travel imposed since mid-March to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Covid-19: Hong Kong’s civil servants battling 21st-century disease with 20th-century technology and bosses stuck in the past
Many have neither hardware nor software needed to work from home. Meanwhile, low-tech managers spurn virtual meetings and insist on seeing staff face to face.
Factbox: Europe begins to consider easing coronavirus lockdowns
(Reuters) - Some European countries have announced plans to ease restrictions on social life, transport and cross-border travel put in place since mid-March to battle the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Cyclone Harold tears through Vanuatu, bears toward Fiji
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu for a second day on Tuesday, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, and was moving towards Fiji where it is expected to slightly weaken.
China investigating ‘nth rooms’ child pornography sites after outcry in South Korea
Websites offering sexually explicit images and videos of minors all based overseas and no longer accessible, authorities say. They were said to be similar to chat rooms in South Korean scandal that required users to upload sexual abuse videos or photos to enter.