By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was taken to a sick room with symptoms of a respiratory illness and tested for the coronavirus, the Izvestia …
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By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had a high fever and severe cough, and that three of the 15 inmates in …
Read More »Singapore Blogger Raises $ 99,000 To Pay Defamation Damages
FILE PHOTO: Financial advisor and blogger Leong Sze Hian (right), along with his lawyer Lim Tean, leave the High Court on the first day of their defamation hearing in Singapore on October …
Read More »Japan fears COVID-19 variants are behind possible fourth wave
TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) – Japanese health authorities are concerned that variants of the coronavirus are fueling a fourth nascent wave in the pandemic with just 109 days left until the Tokyo …
Read More »Saudi Arabia infuriates Asian buyers as oil prices rise
Saudi Arabia has raised crude prices for Asian buyers by $ 0.40 a barrel and cut those of European and American buyers by $ 0.20 and $ 0.10 a barrel, respectively, Reuters …
Read More »Taiwan train accident: truck driver expresses ‘deep regret’ after deadly accident north of Hualien
Authorities are investigating a tow truck that slid down a slope and fell into the path of a passenger train carrying 498 people. In all, 50 people were killed in Friday’s crash …
Read More »China intends to occupy more disputed areas, Philippines says
A Philippine coast guard boat, right, passes a Chinese coast guard boat during a joint search and rescue exercise between the Philippine and US coast guards near the Scarborough Shoal in the …
Read More »Floods, landslides, kill dozens in Indonesia and East Timor
At least 49 families were attacked in Flores, in the east of Indonesia’s sprawling Raditya Jati archipelago, a BNPB spokesperson said in a statement. “Dozens of houses were buried in mud in …
Read More »In Easter address, Pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis, in his traditional Easter Sunday address, denounced as “scandalous” how armed conflicts continue to rage, even as the coronavirus pandemic has triggered severe social and economic …
Read More »H & M’s problems in Asia are compounded by the region’s ‘troubled’ map
Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Do you want to know the European markets? In your inbox before opening, every day. Sign up here. Hennes & Mauritz AB’s …
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