Shoe shopping and dog grooming: French town flouts lockdown rules
PARIS — Some small shops and services, including a dog grooming salon, remained open on Saturday in a small town outside Paris with support from their local mayor, amid signs of sporadic pushback against a new coronavirus lockdown in France.
China local authority warns of coronavirus on packaging of imported Brazilian pork
BEIJING — Packaging on a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil which had entered a district in Eastern China’s Shandong province has tested...
China growth lifts Asia as virus persists and US election nears
BEIJING/SEOUL — Asia is starting to see signs of economic recovery as it rides on the back of an upturn in China, which is entering a new expansion phase less than a year after it recorded the world’s first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Record 200 days with no local cases makes Taiwan envy of world
WHILE many countries around the world are hitting new highs in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, Taiwan has achieved a different kind of record — 200 days without a locally transmitted case.
US eyes ways to cooperate with Indonesia in South China Sea
JAKARTA — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said Washington would find new ways to cooperate with Indonesia in the South China Sea and respected Jakarta’s efforts to safeguard its own waters while rejecting China’s “unlawful” claims in the area.
Regeneron says its COVID-19 antibody treatment cut medical visits in trial
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Wednesday its coronavirus antibody cocktail—the experimental treatment that US President Donald J. Trump received—significantly reduced medical visits in a...
New coral species discovered on seabed prized for mining potential
JOHANNESBURG — Three species of black coral have been discovered on the seabed of the northern Pacific Ocean, an area where several countries have...
Global economic rebound at risk from rising coronavirus cases — poll
BENGALURU — There is a high risk the resurgence in coronavirus cases halts the global economic recovery by year-end, according to Reuters polls of...
World Bank sanctions Chinese engineering firms in Zambian power project
WASHINGTON — The World Bank said on Wednesday it has sanctioned a Chinese state electric engineering group and its subsidiary over fraudulent practices in...
Vaccines, not spy planes: US misfires in Southeast Asia
JAKARTA — For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia’s biggest country is struggling to control. This month, their campaign paid off.
Singapore’s central bank sees ‘gradual and uneven’ recovery
SINGAPORE’s recovery from the coronavirus recession is likely to be “gradual and uneven,” with firms and households restraining spending and a recent bounceback in industrial output likely to taper off in coming months, the central bank said.
Melbourne opens up dining, shopping as lockdown lifted
MELBOURNE — Melbourne’s shops, restaurants and hotels opened for business on Wednesday after a four month coronavirus lockdown, with happy customers enjoying alfresco eating in the spring sunshine and shopkeepers hoping for big sales to make up for lost revenue.