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Rights Group: Myanmar's camps face 'catastrophe' from virus
YANGON: Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict in Myanmar face a health "catastrophe" from the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, a rights group warned, as international calls grow for an end to fighting.
'True friend' China helps Algeria battle coronavirus
AlLGIERS: As adversity strikes in the form of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Algeria has found a helping hand in China, an old friend and the top exporter to Africa's largest country.
Beyond economic data
Impact on household incomes likely to be more significant than the contraction in the economy
Waiting game for construction sector
THE East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and the Mass Rapid Transit 2 (MRT2) projects will proceed. But worries that some mega infrastructure projects could be reviewed or delayed, given the government’s stretched finances, have cast uncertainty over the construction sector.
Logistics weathering through the MCO
It may seem that logistics companies are enjoying a brisk spike in business during the movement control order (MCO) period, particularly those involved in last mile delivery - but that does not seem to be the case.
Bank Negara’s good and bad news
While Malaysia will not be spared from the global growth contraction this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the central bank is confident that the Malaysian economy can weather the challenges.
Republican leader McConnell says another coronavirus bill is coming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill, with healthcare topping the list of priorities.
In parts of Latin America, water shortages undermine battle with coronavirus
PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAVANA (Reuters) - Every day, Fontus Pierre Raymond wakes up at the crack of dawn to get in line to fill buckets of water at the communal tap in his densely-packed Port-au-Prince shantytown so that his mother and seven younger siblings can wash before work and school.
Under pressure from Putin and coronavirus, Russian governor resigns
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday accepted the third resignation of a regional governor within two days after calling on Russia's far-flung areas to do more to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Indonesian virus deaths top South Korea as cases near 2,000
JAKARTA: Indonesia reported its biggest daily spike in confirmedcovid-19 (coronavirus) infections as the nation’s death toll from the pandemic surpassed South Korea to become the highest in Asia after China.