Brussels Concedes Coronavirus Travel Rules Could Crumble
You can stay within the United States on an expired F-1 visa as long as you keep your student standing. However, if you are returning house or traveling to a…
Steep rise in Thai mergers and acquisitions as firms fight off coronavirus crisis
The Nation/Asia News Network BANGKOK — The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a steep rise in mergers and acquisitions, according to an expert at CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT). Businesses are choosing…
Korean shipbuilders win consecutive orders despite coronavirus pandemic
LNG carrier built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. HHI via The Korea Herald/Asia News Network SEOUL — South Korean shipbuilders have won orders one after another in recent months after suffering…
Indonesia reopens migrant worker placement to boost economy amid coronavirus pandemic
Indonesian migrant workers from East Java occupy a rented house in Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur on March 27. Indonesian workers in Malaysia have faced difficulties providing for themselves after Malaysia…
Dominguez: Landbank, DBP loans to fund free coronavirus vaccines for poor
The government would use loans from two state-run banks to purchase vaccines for SARS Cov2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and distribute them for free to the poor, according to…
Malaysia businesses try novel ways to attract customers amid coronavirus worries
Golden Screen Cinemas uses the tagline “Hello. Cannot” to remind cinemagoers to practise social distancing. GOLDEN SCREEN CINEMAS via The Straits Times/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR — When cinemas were…
Japan giving 2 PH hospitals more lab equipment, supplies for coronavirus testing
MANILA, Philippines—Japan will give two Philippine health institutions new laboratory equipment and supplies to ramp up testing and boost the fight against COVID-19. In a statement on Wednesday (July 22),…
Hip-hop artists continue to thrive amidst the coronavirus pandemic
Lil Baby at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Image: AFP via AFP Relaxnews While Goldman-Sachs projects…
World markets mostly higher on hopes for coronavirus vaccine
A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 and New York Dow indexes at a securities firm in Tokyo Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Shares were mostly…
Are city folk moving to the countryside after the coronavirus pandemic?
Image: Pattanaphong Khuankaew/IStock.com via AFP Relaxnews City mouse versus country mouse. Although this dichotomy is as old as time, the coronavirus pandemic is rumored to have pushed thousands of big-city…