Malaysia says Vietnamese fisherman killed in clash with coast guard
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia says that a Vietnamese fisherman has died from gunshot wounds after a confrontation broke out when the country’s coast guard sought to inspect two boats they…
Australian state premier apologises for cruise ship failures after COVID-19 spike
SYDNEY – The leader of Australia’s New South Wales state has apologised for failing to stop people carrying the novel coronavirus from disembarking from a cruise ship in Sydney in…
Google says Australian antitrust law would hit small content creators
SYDNEY – Alphabet Inc’s Google has said a proposed antitrust law in Australia forcing tech firms to pay for news that appears on their social media websites would adversely impact…
Vietnam to buy Russian COVID-19 vaccine
HANOI – Vietnam has registered to buy a Russian COVID-19 vaccine, state television reported on Friday, as it fights a new outbreak after going several months with no local cases.…
Australia awaits findings on cruise ship coronavirus outbreak
MELBOURNE – The findings of a public inquiry into how passengers infected with the novel coronavirus were allowed to disembark a cruise ship in Sydney in March, triggering a major…
Australia on course for lowest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks
SYDNEY – Australia is poised to post its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks today, stoking hopes that a second wave of new infections…
Vietnam PM says next 10 days ‘critical’ in virus fight
HANOI – Vietnam’s Prime Minister says that the next 10 days will be critical in the Southeast Asian country’s fight against a new coronavirus outbreak, which resurfaced late last month…
Coronavirus infections stabilise in Australia’s virus epicentre
MELBOURNE – Australia’s second-most populous state has reported only a small rise in new COVID-19 infections, boosting hopes that case numbers are stabilising after a second wave forced authorities to put…
Vietnam PM says risk of widespread COVID-19 infection ‘very high’
HANOI – The risk of COVID-19 spreading widely in Vietnam is “very high”, its prime minister has said, after a new outbreak in the central city of Danang late last…
Australia’s c.bank cuts GDP outlook as virus returns to Melbourne
MELBOURNE – Australia’s central bank has downgraded its outlook for the national economy and warns unemployment would stay high for several years as a second wave of coronavirus infections sent…
