Walmart’s Flipkart suspends services as India lockdown impedes online grocery deliveries
Walmart Inc’s Flipkart has suspended services, a notice on the Indian e-commerce firm’s website said on Wednesday, as India began a 21-day lockdown to fight...
In Japan, hotels lose out on Olympic bet as coronavirus spreads
The Osaka Corona Hotel in western Japan has been eerily quiet and empty the past few weeks....
‘Act like you have COVID-19’: PM Ardern says as New Zealand heads into lockdown
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told New Zealanders on Wednesday to behave as if they had the coronavirus and cut all physical contact outside their household...
Coronavirus sweeps across New York, California fears it could be next
New York state suffered another quick and brutal rise in the number of COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, staggering hospitals at the U.S. epicenter of the...
India bans export of key malaria drug amid coronavirus outbreak
The Indian government said on Wednesday that it is banning the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations made from the medication, as experts test the efficacy...
Countdown switched off at Tokyo station clock
Passers-by in front of Tokyo Station gathered around a popular Olympics countdown clock to take pictures on Wednesday as it stopped displaying the number of...
Now is time to be positive and prepare, says JOC head
The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC), Yasuhiro Yamashita, said on Wednesday he wanted to make the Games successful after an additional year of...
Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes off Russia’s Kuril Islands: USGS
An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck offshore 218 kilometers south-southeast of Severo in Russia’s Kuril Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Tuesday....
Sen. John Barrasso: Pelosi, Schumer ‘wasting time that we as a nation do not have’ – Fox News
Sen. John Barrasso: Pelosi, Schumer ‘wasting time that we as a nation do not have’ Fox News Congress unlikely to give stimulus deal final approval Tuesday...
White House not considering three-month tariff deferral: Navarro
The White House’s top trade advisor denied on Tuesday that the Trump administration was considering a three-month deferral of tariff payments on imported goods to...