Family furor over Singapore founder’s will deepens after tribunal ruling
The daughter-in-law of Singapore’s founding father has been found guilty by a disciplinary tribunal of professional misconduct over her involvement in preparing his will, which is at heart of a feud between the city-state’s first family.
Dominicans take to the streets in protest after election suspension
Hundreds of Dominicans took to the streets on Saturday night in fresh protests after the abrupt suspension of municipal elections that unleashed a political crisis months before the Caribbean island votes for a new president.
China reports fewer coronavirus cases outside epicenter, cases surge in South Korea
China reported another fall in new coronavirus infections outside of its epicenter on Sunday, but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new cases and fears of contagion increased elsewhere.
Japan minister apologizes after woman who leaves ship tests positive for virus
Japan’s health minister apologized on Saturday after a woman who was allowed to leave a coronavirus-infected cruise ship docked near Tokyo tested positive for the virus.
China reports 648 new cases of coronavirus, but infections outside Hubei falling
China on Sunday reported a rise in the number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus, but the number of fresh infections and deaths outside of the epicenter of central Hubei province continued to fall.
South Korea reports 123 new coronavirus cases, fourth death
South Korea reported 123 new confirmed coronavirus cases and a fourth death from the virus, taking total infections to 556, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Sunday.
Hong Kong cruise passengers head to quarantine after third flight from Japan
A third plane with five Hong Kong residents who were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise in Japan for more than two weeks landed early on Sunday in the Asian financial hub.
China’s Hubei province reports 630 new coronavirus cases on February 22
China’s central Hubei province had 630 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday, the province’s health commission said on Sunday, up from 366 new cases the previous day.
IMF chief, Argentina flag path to new debt deal after G20 meet in Riyadh
Argentina on Saturday agreed to start consultations with the International Monetary Fund that could lead to a new financing program, days after the global lender said the country’s debt situation had become “unsustainable”.
Far-right torchlight parade in Sofia hit by court ban
Fewer than 200 far-right activists gathered in downtown Sofia on Saturday after the country’s top court upheld the city mayor’s ban on their annual torchlight procession honoring a Bulgarian general who led a pro-Nazi organization in the 1930s and 1940…
