Indonesia starts year with weakest economic growth since 2001
JAKARTA, May 5, 2020, Bloomberg. Indonesia’s economic growth slowed sharply in the first quarter of…
Malaysians and foreigners entering country via Johor must be quarantined under conditional rules
ISKANDAR PUTERI, May 5, 2020, The Star. Malaysians and foreigners entering the country via Johor…
Police to randomly check people in India for coronavirus tracing app Aarogya Setu on their smartphones, those without the app can be jailed
NEW DELHI, May 5, 2020, Hindustan Times. The Covid-19 tracker has been made mandatory for…
In the post-Covid world we need a new template of globalisation: India’s PM Modi
NEW DELHI, May 5, 2020, Tribune India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the…
Coronavirus model projects 134,000 deaths in US, nearly double its last estimate
NEW YORK, May 5, 2020, CNN. An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White…
Countries move to shield companies from foreign acquisition, especially by China
HONG KONG, May 5, 2020, SCMP. Countries around the world are erecting barriers to fend…
No open New Zealand’s borders for ‘a long time’, trans-Tasman free travel zone between Australia and NZ is possible
WELLINGTON, May 5, 2020, BBC, NZ Herald. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the…
World leaders pledge more than $8B for coronavirus vaccine fight
LONDON, May 5, 2020, BBC. More than $8bn (£6.5bn) has been pledged to help develop…
Roadblocks reduced, police to focus on crime prevention patrols in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4, 2020, Barnama. The conditional movement control order (CMCO) which came into…
Shoppers rush out to buy booze amid fears of further bans in Thailand
BANGKOK, May 4, 2020, Bangkok Post. Liquor sections at supermarkets and convenience stores yesterday were…
Vietnam tests coronavirus vaccine on mice
HANOI, May 4, 2020, The Hanoi Times. Vietnamese scientists collaborated with the UK’s Bristol University…
[Post-Covid World] Shopping after the pandemic: To buy safer than now
“Post-Covid World” is about inconspicuous changes that model the face of the future. These grains…