Alitalia asks to put more workers under layoff scheme-document
Alitalia’s administrator has asked the Italian government to increase the number of employees under temporary lay-off scheme to nearly 7,000, a document showed, to help...
Hong Kong reports biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases
Hong Kong reported 65 new coronavirus infections on Friday, its biggest daily rise so far, taking the total number of cases in the Chinese-ruled city...
Philippine records nine new coronavirus deaths, 96 new infections
The Philippines has recorded nine new coronavirus deaths, bringing the total to 54, the health ministry said on Friday....
Exclusive: Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus
Brazil will cut back on efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak, an official at environmental agency Ibama told Reuters, despite concerns that...
Raincoats and rubber boots for Pakistani aid workers in coronavirus fight
Pakistan’s biggest charity, famous for its emergency services for the poor, is kitting staff out in rain coats and rubber boots in the battle against...
Exclusive: Japan favors home-grown design for next-generation fighter after rejecting foreign plans: sources
Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically, rejecting designs from Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co in the United States and Britain’s BAE Systems...
‘Communication issue’: UK missed EU ventilator programme
Britain’s failure to join a European Union procurement programme for ventilators to treat those ill with coronavirus was due to a communications issue, Business Secretary...
Time wasted in defense of India’s coronavirus medical staff, groups say
As the coronavirus spread across Asia in February, Indian manufacturers of personal protective equipment contacted the health ministry urging the government to stock up....
South Korean test kit makers swamped as coronavirus cases explode in U.S., Europe
Last year, South Korean biotech firm SolGent made diagnostic kits for 300,000 tests. Today, it is churning out more than that in a week, and...
U.S. firms rush to make virus ‘immunity’ tests
As the United States works overtime to screen thousands for the novel coronavirus, a new blood test offers the chance to find out who may...