South Korean city recoils as coronavirus cases double overnight
The malls and restaurants in Daegu were empty and streets were eerily quiet on Friday after the number of cases of coronavirus in South Korea...
Pungent durian stack up in Malaysia as coronavirus freezes China demand
A shortage of labour and electrical power outlets in backed-up Chinese ports as a result of the coronavirus outbreak is disrupting shipments of frozen durian...
As Florida, Georgia battle over water, panhandle oystermen struggle to survive
Standing in his boat in Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, Michael Dasher lowered a long pair of tongs into the water, pulling up a muddy mass of...
Oil falls 2% on renewed uncertainties over coronavirus outbreak
Oil prices fell on Friday as a rise in new cases of coronavirus and weak Asian economic data fuelled uncertainty about the economic outlook and...
Deere & Co reports unexpected rise in quarterly profits
Deere & Co on Friday reported an unexpected rise in profits in the first quarter, helped by early signs of stabilization in the U.S. farm...
South Korean church leader says coronavirus outbreak is the ‘devil’s deed’
The leader and self-proclaimed messiah of a South Korean religious movement at the center of the country’s largest coronavirus outbreak on Friday called the disease...
Iran confirms 13 more coronavirus cases, two new deaths, mostly in Qom holy city
Iran confirmed 13 new coronavirus cases on Friday, two of whom have died, with the outbreak there coming just as the country votes in a...
Daimler warns of “significant adverse effects” of virus outbreak
German luxury carmaker Daimler on Friday warned of risks for the economy and its own business from the outbreak of coronavirus that is spreading in...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics President says no plan to wear mask: media
Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori said he did not intend to wear masks, despite the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 2,000 people...
Taliban, Afghan officials say reach pact to reduce violence
Afghan, international and Taliban forces will observe a seven-day period of reduced violence in Afghanistan beginning at midnight (1930 GMT), an Afghan official and Taliban...
