The Asian Development Bank has warned that if the “worst pandemic in a century” lasts for more than six months, economic losses could be higher. It predicted that growth in China will be two-thirds lower…
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Five civilians were killed and eight others injured amid fighting between Myanmar soldiers and the rebel Arakan Army near Kyauktaw town in war-ravaged Rakhine state, residents and members of humanitarian groups said Thursday. The battle…
Political uncertainty and the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to weigh on Afghanistan’s economy in 2020, according to a new ADB report. The government needs to raise domestic revenue to reduce grant dependence and achieve… Source: Asian Development…
Regional economic growth in developing Asia will decline sharply in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, before recovering in 2021, according to the ADO 2020, ADB’s annual flagship economic publication. Source: Asian Development Bank …
Boeing will cut the size of its workforce through employee buyouts to help it survive the commercial aviation downturn caused by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the US-based aircraft manufacturer announced on 2 April. In a…
DefenceTalkThe Army is assembling a 250-bed field hospital at the CenturyLink Event Center in Seattle that’s meant to treat non-COVID-19 patients so area hospitals will be able to free up their own… This is summary…
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North Korea publicly declared Wednesday that the country was totally free of the coronavirus, a claim that drew skepticism from U.S.-based experts who suggested that Pyongyang had moved to warn off foreign foes and appear…
Thai police arrested and later released 300 migrant workers as they headed to the border to return home to Myanmar on Thursday amid the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, part of an exodus spanning…
North Korea has ordered residents to wear face masks in public to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a scarcity of masks is forcing some to make their own merely to comply with…