Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 mean the pandemic is far from over, but can be controlled in months with proven public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization said. …
Read More »Japanese Doctors Perform World’s First Living Donor Lung Transplant to Covid-19 Patient
Kyoto University Hospital said the woman underwent an 11-hour operation by a 30-member medical team on Wednesday to transplant lung tissue from her husband and son. But the Kyoto hospital said this …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks decline from three-week highs, the dollar retreats
* MSCI ex-Japan reverses initial gains, falls from 3-week high * China and Hong Kong stocks down, CSI300 down 1% * The dollar softens to two-week lows. * Crude oil prices rise …
Read More »Myanmar Security Forces Kill Seven Protesters, Chinese-Owned Factory Burns Down
(Reuters) – Myanmar troops fired on anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several, media said, when a Chinese-owned factory was set ablaze in the commercial capital of …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks prepare for slow start after Wall Street retreats from all-time highs
April 7 (Reuters) – Asia stocks are set to open slowly on Wednesday after Wall Street rebounded from all-time highs reached in previous sessions as investors look to the upcoming earnings season …
Read More »India sees another record rise in virus cases
NEW DELHI (AP) – India reported a record daily increase in new coronavirus cases for the second time in four days on Wednesday, while New Delhi, Mumbai and dozens of other cities …
Read More »China flanks Taiwan with air and sea military exercises
The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its escorts were conducting maneuvers around Taiwan, the Chinese military said in a statement on Monday. “It was a routine training exercise organized in accordance with …
Read More »Taiwan says it will fight to the end if China attacks
By Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan will fight to the end if China attacks, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that the United States sees the danger of …
Read More »Worst Covid Wave in Southeast Asia Hits Philippine Hospitals
A worker disinfects a street in Manila. Photographer: Ezra Acayan / Getty Images Photographer: Ezra Acayan / Getty Images As the Philippine capital’s hospitals reach capacity due to a new surge in …
Read More »Morgan Stanley sold part of Archegos Holdings before most of its rivals
Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg Morgan Stanley sold $ 5 billion in shares owned by Archegos Capital Management a day before a flurry of block deals sent …
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