An international financial centre that also serves as one of Asia’s main tourist and transport hubs, Hong Kong offers a case study for the west, where the travel and hospitality sectors are only beginning to feel the economic impact of coronavirus https://on.ft.com/3dR1qrY ">https://on.ft.com/3dR1qrY&q...
FT Exclusive: Australian regulators are investigating Qantas for suspending a safety representative who raised concerns about the airline’s failure to provide adequate safety equipment to protect workers from coronavirus https://on.ft.com/3dKVyjL ">https://on.ft.com/3dKVyjL&q...
If China’s economy does not markedly improve by the end of June, Xi Jinping could face unprecedented economic and political challenges including double-digit unemployment and its first official recession since 1976 https://on.ft.com/2UBgnqd ">https://on.ft.com/2UBgnqd&q...
Investment funds and policymakers across Asia, the first region to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, have been forced to reassess their until now ironclad promises of money in retirement for ageing populations https://on.ft.com/3dR1SXc ">https://on.ft.com/3dR1SXc&q...
Donald Trump said he was looking ‘very strongly’ at restricting domestic US air travel, which would have a severe impact on an already reeling aviation industry https://on.ft.com/3bK3Wy4 ">https://on.ft.com/3bK3Wy4&q...
Only 2,000 out of 500,000 frontline NHS staff have been tested for coronavirus, the government admitted on Wednesday as the UK’s latest daily death toll climbed to a record 563 https://on.ft.com/3aBf7cv ">https://on.ft.com/3aBf7cv&q...
Chinese authorities are putting pressure on private companies to hand over sensitive data for anti-epidemic purposes. Privacy advocates fear new pandemic surveillance measures could become permanent https://on.ft.com/340PEXo ">https://on.ft.com/340PEXo&q...
The US imports almost half its personal protective medical equipment, including masks, goggles and gloves, from China. That has raised some national security concerns within the US government https://on.ft.com/2R4M0Gv ">https://on.ft.com/2R4M0Gv&q...
Philip Stephens: The coronavirus pandemic is presenting hospitals with a terrible choice about whose life to save. Broad ethical judgments are one thing. Life-and-death choices touching those we hold dearest are another https://on.ft.com/2JCTlZH ">https://on.ft.com/2JCTlZH&q...
The human costs of the coronavirus outbreak continue to mount, with more than 938,000 people infected globally. The number of people confirmed to have died from the virus has now surpassed 47,000. Find the latest figures here: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest">https://www.ft.com/coronavir...
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