Olympic flame passed to Fukushima during low-key ceremony
Tokyo 2020 organizers left the Olympic flame in the hands of Fukushima Prefecture on Wednesday where it will be on display in a lantern for...
Dutch coronavirus measures have lowered infection rate: health official
Measures to limit the coronavirus outbreak in the Netherlands appear to have halved the rate of infection but need to be continued to be really...
Chinese buyers snap up U.S. oil purchases at widest discounts ever
China has increased U.S. crude purchases with some buyers snapping up cargoes at the widest discounts ever as sellers seek to offload excess supplies in...
Markets fall as virus woes strike again
World markets fell on Wednesday as the coronavirus threat ensured an ugly start to the second quarter for equities and commodities....
Moscow unveils coronavirus tracking app as national lockdown widens
Authorities in Moscow unveiled a smartphone app designed to keep tabs on people who have been ordered to stay at home because of the coronavirus...
Exclusive: China may ease electric car quotas, delay emission rules to help automakers – sources
China is considering temporarily easing quotas designed to boost production of electric cars to help automakers badly bruised by the coronavirus pandemic to revive slumping...
China has fewer new coronavirus infections, starts posting symptom-free tally
Mainland China reported dwindling new infections on Wednesday in a global coronavirus pandemic, and started to publish the daily change in cases that are free...
Japan ‘on the brink’ as it struggles to hold back coronavirus
Japan is struggling to hold the line against the coronavirus and is on the brink of crisis with medical experts particularly worried about preparations in...
Indonesia confirms 149 new coronavirus infections, taking total to 1,677
Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday 149 new coronavirus infections, taking the total in the Southeast Asian country to 1,677, a health ministry official said....
Racing to stop coronavirus, India scours mosques to trace contacts with Delhi gathering
As coronavirus cases rose across densely-populated South Asia, authorities scoured mosques in northern India on Wednesday trying to trace people who attended the gathering of...
