Four dead, 38 people rescued from China’s collapsed coronavirus quarantine hotel
SHANGHAI, Mar 8, 2020, TASS. Rescuers recovered 38 people from the rubble of a collapsed…
[Analytics] Three-way fray spells toil and trouble in South China Sea
A new three-way dispute has broken into the open in the South China Sea, one…
Service sector could be the hardest hit in Bhutan
THIMPHU, Mar 8, 2020, Kuensel. The two-week ban on the entry of tourists into the…
[Analytics] ‘Huge crisis’: Coronavirus fears knock back Pacific tourism
On Saipan, the tourist area resembles a ghost town. Restaurants are being shuttered, shops reducing…
Astronauts can grow fresh food during space missions: NASA
NEW YORK, Mar 8, 2020, PTI. Researchers have found that the salad crop, red romaine…
Global impact of coronavirus could range from $77B to $347B: Asian Development Bank
SINGAPORE, Mar 8, 2020, The Business Times. The economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak could…
Thai Airways International mulls options after failing to woo Airbus for U-Tapao MRO project
BANGKOK, Mar 8, 2020, The Nation. European aviation giant Airbus SAS, as on Friday (March…
Myanmar army smashes three drug labs
NAY PYI TAW, Mar 8, 2020, AFP. Sacks of heroin and methamphetamine are laid out…
Canceling Tokyo Olympics would lower Japan GDP growth by 1.4 per cent: Estimate
TOKYO, Mar 8, 2020, Kyodo. If the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus forces Japan…
Malaysia’s PM Muhyiddin could reach out across political parties for Cabinet line-up
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 8, 2020, The Straits Times. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin may be…
Coronavirus ‘highly sensitive’ to high temperatures, but don’t bank on summer killing it off: Studies
BEIJING, Mar 8, 2020, SCMP. The virus that causes Covid-19 may have a temperature sweet…
40 per cent of Tehran population to contract coronavirus: Expert
TEHRAN, Mar 7, 2020, Anadolu. An Iranian infectious disease specialist expected as much as 40%…