Air Doctor, the health tech startup that connects travellers with local doctors, has raised $7.8 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Kamet Ventures (the AXA-backed venture builder), and T
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will take a series of measures including launching a second round of anti-epidemic fund to support busine
Only a few days after saying that he would like to see the country “opened up and raring to go by Easter” and maybe relax rules for at least some parts of the U.S. sooner than later, Presi
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Finnish parliament on Saturday eventually approved the government's proposal for "temporary restrictions on restaurant businesses" in order to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19. Although th
A staff member arranges masks at a medical equipment company in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 6, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and internat
China's Film Bureau issued a notice Friday evening to close all the cinemas nationwide again, according to reports from Xinhua Daily and ThePaper.China closed all its cinemas in late January to co
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held a phone conversation on Friday night with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), over the CO
On Thursday, the FDA amended their emergency policy around diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Following on a change made March 16, the agency opened the doo
New York University is among the many academic, private and public institutions doing what it can to address the need for personal protective equipment (PPE) among healthcare workers across the world
The Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC), an agricultural policy bank, has ramped up financial support to secure hog production and supply. The ADBC planned t
China saw a total box office revenue of over 20 billion yuan (around 2.84 billion U.S. dollars) in the performance industry in 2019, up 7.29 percent year on year, said
02:03 After much deliberation and calls from athletes and officials, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed to p
Rafel Nadal (L) and Pau Gasol. Spanish sports stars Rafael Nadal and Pau Gasol launched a fund-raising drive on Thursday explaining they wanted to give something back to the coronavirus-hit na
The behind-the-scene negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz have reportedly sealed a deal that paves the way for ending a protracted political d
Rafel Nadal (L) and Pau Gasol. Spanish sports stars Rafael Nadal and Pau Gasol launched a fund-raising drive on Thursday explaining they wanted to give something back to the coronavirus-hit na
There are currently less than 900 officially confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia, but the country's government has recently introduced a number of self-isolation meas
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