HOT NEWS
- The United States has reported no sight of Kim Jong Un, while claiming that there is a real risk of famine in North Korea amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Reuters
- Sweden plans to ask the EU to probe the origin and the spread of COVID-19, a move which would potentially put a strain onto the already tense relations with China.
Source: South China Morning Post
- The U.S. Pfizer and a German company have begun human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine, which was expected to supply millions of doses by the end of 2020.
Source: CNN
WORLD
- The U.S. asked Mexico to investigate at least two Mexican firms involved in an oil-for-food pact signed in 2019 with Venezuela, as part of a huge pressure on Maduro’s administration.
Source: Reuters
- After the strict coronavirus lockdown period, France and Spain announced their move to ease restrictions imposed on economic activities and citizens’ movement.
Source: The Straits Times
- The U.S. economy drops by 4.8% in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus impact, the hardest hit since the height of the Great Recession.
Source: Al Jazeera
REGIONS
- Japan is planning to extend the state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic by about one month for the entire country to curb the outbreak.
Source: The Straits Times
- The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Singapore topped 15,000, of which the 690 new infectious cases are work permit holders residing in foreign worker dormitories.
Source: CNA
- The Northern region in China including Beijing begin to ease restrictions for COVID-19 curbs, as the country transitions to a new state of normal amid dwindling cases.
Source: The New York Times
CAMBODIA
- The Acting Head of State yesterday signed the draft law on Management of the Nation in State of Emergency into legislation, announced by the Royal Decree.
Source: Khmer Times
- The Ministry of Interior is working on a strategy to provide assistance to more than 90,000 migrant workers from Thailand who are unemployed and unable to go back.
Source: Khmer Times
- Prime Minister Hun Sen advised all workers and employees, including civil servants, to stay at home on the Labour Day to prevent the spread of COVID-19 disease.
Source: Khmer Times
