Category: World
MCO: Malaysian workers look for alternatives as Singapore ceases temporary housing support
SINGAPORE,. Some Malaysian workers in Singapore are weighing up their options, including heading home, while their employers here try to look for rental flats and ... Read More
Indian police fire tear gas at jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown
NEW DELHI,. Police in India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has ... Read More
New York greets hospital ship with cheers, California cases soar
NEW YORK,. New York welcomed the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed US Navy hospital ship yesterday as a beacon of hope for the city's desperate ... Read More
Australia enacts sweeping lockdown powers to combat coronavirus spread
SYDNEY,. People in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Australia, could be heavily fined or jailed ... Read More
Trump says coronavirus guidelines may get tougher, 1 million Americans tested
WASHINGTON,. US President Donald Trump said yesterday that federal social distancing guidelines might be toughened and travel restrictions with China and Europe would stay in ... Read More
North Korea says tested ‘super-large’ rocket launchers
SEOUL,. Nuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested "super-large multiple rocket launchers", state media said today, but leader Kim Jong-un was not described as commanding the drill ... Read More
With PM Johnson ill, Covid-19 strikes at heart of British politics
LONDON,. Hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed on Friday he had the coronavirus, his health minister said he did too, and England's chief medical ... Read More