Southeast Asian stock markets closed up on Friday and all bar one logged weekly gains, as reports emerged that U.S. President Donald Trump was planning to gradually reopen the country's economy.
Reports that patients with severe...
Nearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, or half the total, were not counted in death tolls because of lapses, state media said on Friday, but Beijing dismissed...
LONDON -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he owes his life to the staff of Britain’s state-run National Health Service, in his first comments since being released from intensive care for treatment for COVID-19.
Johnson, 55,...
It's a grim truth that times are good for the coffin business when they're bad for people, and the coronavirus pandemic is no exception.
At a factory belonging to Europe's largest coffin maker, OGF, in eastern...
JAKARTA -- Indonesia has imposed curbs on public transport ahead of the annual exodus to home villages that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in a bid to slow the spread...
South Asia is on course for its worst economic performance in 40 years, with decades of progress in the battle against poverty at risk, because of coronavirus, the World Bank said Sunday.
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan...
MOSCOW -- The Kremlin said on Saturday a “huge influx” of coronavirus patients was beginning to put a strain on hospitals in Moscow as Russia’s death toll rose to more than 100.
Moscow and many other...
Report warns 80% of firms face a highly uncertain future if stores close for two months.
The coronavirus pandemic has plunged the $2.5tn (£2tn) global fashion industry into crisis with a “significant number” of firms expected...
A collection of delicious one-pot wonders by Guardian cooks – plus Kitchen Aide’s tips on how to adapt them now.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Spicy chicken and split-pea traybake
Kitchen Aide: This dish is a great example of the joys of...
