BEIJING Jan 3 — China on Tuesday said "the international community needs to work together" to prevent a situation where national security restrictions severely impede global growth, as the International Monetary Fund's No.

BEIJING, Nov 28 — Residents of China's Shanghai took to the streets on Sunday to protest against Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the authorities amid a record number of daily infections, a local resident told Sputnik.

HONG KONG, May 3 — Hong Kong will further ease Covid-19 restrictions, allowing bars to open until 2am and raising the number of diners permitted at a table to eight from four, as cases in the global financial hub continue to ease, leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE, April 26 — Office workers queued for trains, restaurants and elevators and delivery riders raced from building to building as the buzz returned to Singapore's business district on Tuesday, its first day free of Covid-19 curbs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 —  Moody’s Analytics is expecting the global real gross domestic product (GDP) to rebound 5.7 per cent in 2021, following the historic 3.6 per cent contraction in 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — The enforcement of total lockdown begins today, and at the same time, the Royal Malaysia Police is stepping up roadblocks and inspections nationwide.

BANTING, March 31 — The country’s image has been tarnished following the issue of Top Glove facing the latest import ban by the US Department of Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) on all its disposable gloves, said the Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) latest poll reveals that people are becoming more confident to travel, with the majority believe that they will be more likely to travel once vaccinated.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 9 — The newly announced conditional movement control order (CMCO) imposed on most of the states in Malaysia could be shortened from four weeks to two if the country manages to flatten the Covid-19 curve earlier.

YANGON, Oct 26 — Myanmar's Health and Sports Ministry has lifted its Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings and stay-at-home order for the upcoming general elections, reported Xinhua news agency.

RIYADH, Sept 14 — Saudi Arabia will lift a coronavirus-related travel ban at the beginning of the new year, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting Saudi's official news agency on Sunday.

JAKARTA, Sept 10 — Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, will reinstate wide-scale social restrictions "as soon as possible" because a rise in coronavirus infections threatens to strain its health system, its governor said on Wednesday.