A Bangladesh hospital owner accused of issuing thousands of fake negative coronavirus test results to patients at his two clinics was arrested on Wednesday while trying to flee to India in a burqa, police said. The arrest marked the end of a nine-day manhunt for Mohammad Shahed over allegations of giving fake certificates to patients saying they […]

The hack at Twitter raises serious questions about in-house security at US president, Donald Trump’s favourite social media platform but, experts say, also threatens malign consequences for the integrity of November’s US presidential election. Here is what we know so far after hackers took over the Twitter accounts of an array of political and business […]

Chinese movie theatres in low-risk areas have been allowed to resume operation starting from July 20 following an improvement in the COVID-19 epidemic situation, the China Film Administration announced Thursday. These movie theatres should reopen on the premise that proper prevention and control measures have been put in place, the administration said in a circular. […]

China saw forecast-beating economic growth in the second quarter after a record contraction in the previous three months, as businesses cautiously returned to normality after strict lockdowns across the country. The figures released Thursday follow a string of data showing the world’s number two economy slowly emerging from the outbreak, and should provide hope to […]

Health experts put Tokyo on the highest alert for Coronavirus infections on Wednesday, alarmed by a recent spike in cases to record levels, while the governor of the Japanese capital said the situation was “rather severe”. The resurgence of the virus in Tokyo could add to the growing pressure on policymakers to shore up the […]