LG Chem share price falls nearly 2% after deadly gas leak in India
The share price of South Korean chemicals and battery maker LG Chem Ltd dropped almost 2% on Thursday after a gas leak at a factory operated by a unit in India killed at least nine people, and led to hundreds more being treated in hospital.
Gas leak at South Korea-owned factory in India kills 11, hundreds hospitalized
At least 11 people were killed in India in a gas leak at a South Korean-owned factory making polystyrene products that made hundreds of people sick and led to the evacuation of villagers living nearby, officials said.
Philippine broadcaster fights order to shut down
The Philippines’ biggest broadcaster asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quash an order by the telecoms regulator to shut down its operations, saying it undermined freedom of speech and the public right to information.
Vietnam reports 17 new coronavirus cases, all imported
Vietnam reported 17 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, all of whom were imported infections involving Vietnamese citizens repatriated from virus-hit areas, health ministry said.
Calls to domestic violence hotlines soar amid lockdowns, WHO Europe says
Calls to domestic violence hotlines in Europe are up by as much as three-fifths as alcohol and drug abuse combine with close confinement in coronavirus lockdowns to fuel abuse of the most vulnerable, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Georgia to lift coronavirus lockdown of capital on May 11
Georgia will lift its lockdown of the capital Tbilisi on May 11 and allow shops to reopen next week as part of a gradual easing of coronavirus-related restrictions, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said on Thursday.
Pakistan excludes religious sect from minority commission
Pakistan’s cabinet has declined to include a religious sect that rights group says suffers widespread persecution in a newly formed commission for minorities, after opposition from conservatives in the government, officials said on Thursday.
Indonesia summons China’s ambassador over burials at sea on fishing fleet
Indonesia has summoned China’s ambassador to clarify the deaths of four Indonesian crew from two Chinese-flagged vessels, Indonesia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after rights groups alleged the crew were mistreated and exploited.
Coronavirus bump: Argentina’s Fernandez rises in polls over handling of COVID-19
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez is rising in the polls on public approval of the way he has handled the country’s response to the spread of COVID-19, buttressing his political clout as he faces off against creditors with a major debt revamp.
As Delhi families bury coronavirus victims, a gravedigger watches on
Belonging to the third generation in a family of Indian cemetery workers, Mohammad Shameem had little other choice in life than to dig graves.
