17 April 2020, Friday NewsLatest News On 17 April 2020, Friday US's Pompeo: Nations should rethink use of China's Huawei amid coronavirus18/4/2020 7:58 am SPFL to release end-of-season payments to Scottish clubs in lower tiers18/4/2020 7:58 am Serangoon Road hostel, Crave nasi lemak outlet fined for breaching COVID-19 safety requirements18/4/2020 7:58 am Brazil's Bolsonaro defends sacking health minister amid pandemic18/4/2020 7:52 am Ford issues debt securities after virus causes US$2 billion loss18/4/2020 7:52 am Djokovic shares Olympic regrets with Murray in live chat18/4/2020 7:52 am Czech lawmakers call on government to look beyond China for coronavirus supplies18/4/2020 7:45 am Trump's COVID-19 reopening plan has big holes, health experts say18/4/2020 7:45 am UK hospital COVID-19 death toll rises 847 to 14,57618/4/2020 7:38 am Testing debate rages amid hopes for German football return in May18/4/2020 7:38 am UK scientists to make a million potential COVID-19 vaccines before proof18/4/2020 7:38 am Coronavirus: US death toll passes 35,000, Reuters tally shows18/4/2020 7:33 am Tennis: Murray haunted by 2016 Roland Garros final loss to Djokovic18/4/2020 7:33 am 2020 Laver Cup called off due to French Open switch18/4/2020 7:31 am 'Fasten your seatbelt': Investors brace for Europe Inc. results amid coronavirus18/4/2020 7:31 am Netflix streams some educational films on YouTube for free18/4/2020 7:31 am Tennis: Murray still haunted by 2016 Roland Garros final loss to Djokovic18/4/2020 7:23 am Nasdaq proposes easing listing rules during coronavirus crisis18/4/2020 7:23 am Football: Premier League clubs committed to finishing season, but no deadline set18/4/2020 7:23 am Boeing to restart operations at Philadelphia area plants next week18/4/2020 7:17 am Occidental shareholders get first say on Anadarko deal with vote on Berkshire financing18/4/2020 7:03 am Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by COVID-19 pandemic18/4/2020 7:03 am Thailand PM asks rich for help with coronavirus fall-out18/4/2020 7:03 am Coronavirus: Brazil's Bolsonaro wants borders reopened, says worth risk18/4/2020 6:58 am Coronavirus: Space station astronauts return to Earth and find a 'different planet'18/4/2020 6:58 am Belgium's traveller community adjusts to lockdown18/4/2020 6:55 am Police record a dozen reports of abuse against COVID-19 safe distancing officers, including man who headbutted officer18/4/2020 6:55 am Tennis: Governing bodies join forces to answer players' cry for financial help18/4/2020 6:49 am NY Fed markets head says central bank will be transparent with new lending facilities18/4/2020 6:49 am P&G sees best US sales in decades as shoppers stock up18/4/2020 6:49 am Tennis: Laver Cup postponed until 2021 due to French Open clash18/4/2020 6:43 am Amazon prepping to launch super-fast grocery delivery service in UK18/4/2020 6:43 am Helsinki violinist delivers food by bike as city fights coronavirus18/4/2020 6:43 am MLS extends moratorium on matches to June 8 due to coronavirus18/4/2020 6:35 am Canada offers CUS$2.5 billion in aid for hard-hit energy sector, death toll hits 1,25018/4/2020 6:35 am Coronavirus: France death toll nears 19,000 but spread continues to slow18/4/2020 6:23 am Italy's daily COVID-19 death toll rises, new cases broadly stable18/4/2020 5:38 am Airbus furloughs 3,000 French aerospace workers18/4/2020 5:38 am Exit lockdowns with caution to avoid being confined again: Experts18/4/2020 5:38 am Exclusive: Chinese-backed owners committed to British HQ for Imagination Tech18/4/2020 5:32 am With professional sport on lockdown, athletic animals seize the spotlight18/4/2020 5:32 am Nigeria's oil hub quarantines 22 Exxon Mobil workers: governor18/4/2020 5:24 am Motor maker Weg emerges as battered Brazil stock market's champion18/4/2020 5:24 am 'Zlatan fever' hits Hammarby as striker trains with club again18/4/2020 5:24 am Ford to issue debt securities after virus triggers US$2 billion loss18/4/2020 5:17 am NYSE and Nasdaq challenger MEMX delays launch due to coronavirus crisis18/4/2020 5:17 am MOH makes police report after news of 728 Covid-19 cases on April 16 was leaked before announcement18/4/2020 4:33 am COVID-19: 95-year-old man is Singapore's 11th coronavirus-related fatality18/4/2020 4:12 am Coronavirus: Trump says China death toll 'far higher' than admitted18/4/2020 4:10 am Golf: Senior LPGA Championship cancelled18/4/2020 4:10 am Coronavirus: London buses step up measures after 20 drivers die18/4/2020 4:10 am 95-year-old citizen becomes 11th Covid-19 fatality in S’pore; 4 new clusters at foreign worker dorms18/4/2020 3:58 am COVID-19: Singapore confirms 623 more cases and 4 new clusters, total crosses 5,00018/4/2020 3:53 am Covid-19: Some foreign workers feel ‘safer’ in dorms, others lament lack of enforcement, cramped spaces18/4/2020 3:51 am Militants kill 11 Philippine troops, wound 1418/4/2020 3:38 am Nearly 17,000 Italian health workers infected with virus: Study18/4/2020 3:38 am Coronavirus: Tiny leopard cat emerges into sunshine but no zoo visitors to see him18/4/2020 3:38 am 558 of 623 new coronavirus cases in S'pore are workers in dormitories; 95-year-old S'porean man is 11th person to die18/4/2020 3:38 am Coronavirus: 12 police reports made for verbal, physical abuse of safe distancing enforcement officers18/4/2020 3:38 am Covid-19: Police investigating 12 reports of abuse against enforcement officers, safe distancing ambassadors18/4/2020 3:36 am Singapore’s circuit breaker: Experts take stock on Day 11 — when hoped-for positive effects were to show18/4/2020 3:36 am Covid-19: Some foreign workers feel ‘safer’ in dorms, others lament lack of enforcement, cramped spaces18/4/2020 3:29 am Singapore reports 623 new cases of COVID-19; one more dies of the disease18/4/2020 3:03 am Rafael Nadal expects lengthy delay before tennis resumes18/4/2020 3:01 am Dial-a-pint delivers fresh Guinness in COVID-19 lockdown18/4/2020 2:45 am HC Surgical and Heliconia end S$5m investment agreement18/4/2020 2:22 am Food delivery riders fear shrinking income as F&B outlets seek to pay lower commissions to likes of GrabFood18/4/2020 2:17 am South Asia coronavirus cases hit 22,000 as Maldives locks down capital18/4/2020 2:15 am 'No one is prepared for this' - Italian doctors fight to keep home patients alive18/4/2020 2:00 am SATS prices S$100m of 2.6% notes due 202518/4/2020 1:59 am Google to waive ad fees as part of journalism relief effort amid coronavirus pandemic18/4/2020 1:55 am Moscow has more coronavirus cases than state testing shows, private lab data suggests18/4/2020 1:55 am US State Secretary Pompeo says China's coronavirus failure bolsters concerns about Huawei, ZTE18/4/2020 1:55 am Netflix streams some educational films on YouTube for free as coronavirus keeps people home18/4/2020 1:55 am Coronavirus: 2020 Laver Cup called off due to French Open switch18/4/2020 1:55 am North Korean leader absence from anniversary event fuels speculation over health18/4/2020 1:45 am Nasdaq proposes easing listing rules during coronavirus crisis18/4/2020 1:40 am Duchess Meghan Wanted Prince Harry To See Los Angeles “Through Philanthropy”18/4/2020 1:31 am Searching for answers in Wuhan’s coronavirus aftermath: people at epicentre of China’s crisis want explanations18/4/2020 1:30 am US: Stocks open higher on hopes for faster economic rebound18/4/2020 1:30 am Shah Alam man reunited with mother after separated for 15 years — with a little help from Twitter18/4/2020 1:15 am Contagion Director Steven Soderbergh Heads Committee On Resuming Movie Production18/4/2020 1:15 am Sim Leisure inks theme-park deal with Guangzhou Daxin18/4/2020 12:57 am High Delivery App Fees In Covid-19 Like Watching “World Burn”, Says Summer Hill Chef18/4/2020 12:45 am In Modi's India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus18/4/2020 12:30 am Dwayne Johnson Won't Post Workouts On Instagram During Lockdown18/4/2020 12:30 am Pay cleaners and cleaning companies fairly amid disruption from Covid-19 pandemic: MOM18/4/2020 12:29 am Coronavirus: European Tour cancels French Open, BMW International Open18/4/2020 12:28 am Steven Soderbergh Heads DGA Committee On Resuming Production18/4/2020 12:16 am Ex-Tampines Rovers youth player Hari McCoy to join Portugal's Rio Ave18/4/2020 12:01 am In a French nursing home, universal testing to beat the coronavirus18/4/2020 12:00 am Coronavirus: Saudi grand mufti says Ramadan night, Eid prayers to be done at home17/4/2020 11:55 pm Thailand reports 28 new Covid-19 cases, considers easing restrictive measures next week17/4/2020 11:55 pm Spain's coronavirus death rate rises; government seeks to harmonise data17/4/2020 11:55 pm Over 500 people offer to return S$500 Temporary Relief Fund payout: MSF17/4/2020 11:52 pm Over 150 people fined for flouting safe distancing rules; 100 others caught without masks in public: Masagos17/4/2020 11:52 pm Singaporeans make moves to help boost F&B business17/4/2020 11:50 pm Wednesday night's HK (Happy Valley) results17/4/2020 11:40 pm Japan PM Abe backs WHO on coronavirus, in contrast with ally Trump17/4/2020 11:32 pm Cathay Pacific to lay off nearly 300 cabin crew in US, calling bases in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles ‘no longer viable’17/4/2020 11:30 pm P&G beats profit estimates as consumers stock up on toilet rolls, detergents17/4/2020 11:09 pm Goldman predicts 36per cent drop in iPhone shipment, says time to sell Apple shares17/4/2020 11:01 pm China ride-hailing group Didi aims for 100 million trips a day globally by 2022 - CEO17/4/2020 11:01 pm Endurance event organisers to be given guidelines on outbreak prevention17/4/2020 11:01 pm Oil mixed as Chinese economy overshadows Trump plan to ease lockdown17/4/2020 11:00 pm Shopping deals and stay-home meals17/4/2020 11:00 pm Wall Street Week Ahead: In companies' earnings, words may matter more than numbers17/4/2020 10:54 pm Trump administration working to ease drilling industry cash crunch17/4/2020 10:54 pm Iran says 89 coronavirus deaths take total to 4,95817/4/2020 10:54 pm Saudi princess pleads for release from high-security prison17/4/2020 10:47 pm AT&T investors denied a dial-in as annual meeting goes online17/4/2020 10:47 pm At least 300,000 Africans expected to die in pandemic: UN agency17/4/2020 10:47 pm Cautiously, a fiscally-constrained Vietnam eases two-week nationwide lockdown17/4/2020 10:45 pm Premises with confirmed Covid-19 cases to have half of cleaning costs paid for under government scheme17/4/2020 10:45 pm Japan PM Abe backs WHO on coronavirus, in contrast with ally Trump17/4/2020 10:45 pm China’s airlines are poised for a bout of post-coronavirus ‘revenge travelling’ as tourism bookings soar ahead of Labour Day holiday17/4/2020 10:45 pm Indonesia's coronavirus cases surge to nearly 6,000, highest in South-east Asia17/4/2020 10:44 pm Lives Lost: Holocaust survivor was Israel’s 1st virus victim17/4/2020 10:30 pm AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as Covid-19 hits industry: M'sian minister17/4/2020 10:30 pm French COVID tracing app will not ready when parliament debates it17/4/2020 10:27 pm Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world17/4/2020 10:27 pm Russian coach gets four-year ban for trying to bribe official17/4/2020 10:27 pm Malaysia reports 69 new Covid-19 cases and 2 new deaths17/4/2020 10:16 pm Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronauts17/4/2020 10:15 pm Coronavirus: Japan offers $1,320 virus stimulus payment to all residents17/4/2020 10:11 pm COVID-19: Indonesia now worst-hit country in Southeast Asia with record 407 new cases reported17/4/2020 10:05 pm Swimming: Coronavirus pandemic sees adventurer Bellamy switch challenges17/4/2020 9:58 pm Beaumont says 2020 international rugby season 'could be over'17/4/2020 9:58 pm Michelin-star chef serves Belgian homeless after coronavirus closure17/4/2020 9:58 pm South Africa's mobile operators granted emergency lockdown spectrum to meet data demand17/4/2020 9:52 pm Evening Update: Today's headlines from The Straits Times on April 1717/4/2020 9:36 pm Money FM 89.3 Podcast: Importance of business resilience17/4/2020 9:36 pm New software keeping colleagues working from home connected17/4/2020 9:36 pm Coronavirus: Leeds great Norman Hunter dies at 76 after contracting Covid-1917/4/2020 9:36 pm Pop Vultures Podcast: Celebrity couples with large age gaps17/4/2020 9:36 pm Don’t view healthcare spending only as an expenditure or through an ageist lens17/4/2020 9:30 pm Singapore reports 623 new cases of COVID-19, most of them foreign workers in dormitories17/4/2020 9:28 pm Covid-19: 623 new cases in Singapore as infections cross 5,000 mark17/4/2020 9:28 pm China parliament's top body to meet from Apr 26 to 2917/4/2020 9:24 pm Altered Carbon's Will Yun Lee wants to star in action movie with Hong Kong greats17/4/2020 9:21 pm COVID-19: Singapore preliminarily confirms 623 more cases, total crosses 5,00017/4/2020 9:20 pm 'Waiting game' for Oregon patient needing cancer surgery amid coronavirus17/4/2020 9:10 pm Smith made permanent CSA director of cricket17/4/2020 9:04 pm Netizens Say This Frontline Nurse Was More Excited To Receive Eddie Peng’s Autograph Than To See His Wife17/4/2020 9:01 pm Sam Smith Says 'I Think I Definitely Had' Coronavirus, Although They Never Got Tested17/4/2020 9:00 pm Here’s what you do with two-thirds of the world’s jets when they can’t fly17/4/2020 8:56 pm China's Wuhan raises coronavirus death toll by 50% citing early lapses17/4/2020 8:47 pm Covid-19: Two foreign workers first to be charged with breaching quarantine orders17/4/2020 8:46 pm Covid-19: McDonald’s to scrap takeaway from April 18 but delivery, ‘drive-thru’ options remain17/4/2020 8:46 pm Russia reports record daily rise of 4,069 in coronavirus cases17/4/2020 8:45 pm Cycling: Chris Froome taking advantage of Tour de France delay, says Ineos boss Dave Brailsford17/4/2020 8:45 pm US space force is arming to jam Russian and Chinese satellites17/4/2020 8:45 pm Hacking against corporations surges as workers take computers home17/4/2020 8:45 pm Coronavirus: Philippines scrambling to head off public health crisis in prisons17/4/2020 8:45 pm Myanmar releases 25,000 prisoners amid virus fears17/4/2020 8:45 pm STI posts subdued gains amid Asian optimism over US recovery plans17/4/2020 8:42 pm Keppel Capital secures additional US$210m for its infrastructure fund17/4/2020 8:37 pm Malaysia: Shares close higher on Friday17/4/2020 8:36 pm How Queen Margrethe of Denmark Is Celebrating Her 80th Birthday with Royal Family in Quarantine17/4/2020 8:30 pm Some foreign workers to be housed in ActiveSG halls, says Sport Singapore17/4/2020 8:29 pm Malaysia turns back Rohingya boat over coronavirus fears17/4/2020 8:29 pm COVID-19: Rumours that PM Lee will announce tighter travel restrictions on Friday are untrue, says Government17/4/2020 8:22 pm Russia reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases: Ifax17/4/2020 8:22 pm Covid-19: McDonald’s scraps takeaways from April 18, but delivery, ‘drive-thru’ options remain17/4/2020 8:20 pm McDonald's Singapore to suspend takeaway service as part of COVID-19 safe distancing measures17/4/2020 8:15 pm Spring yet to come: Small businesses at Beijing's tourist hotspots struggle17/4/2020 8:15 pm Thai man trampled by elephant from park closed by coronavirus17/4/2020 8:15 pm Hollywood's Go-To Asian Dad Tzi Ma On His New Netflix Movie, The Joys Of On-Screen FatherHood, And Mulan's Oscar Hopes17/4/2020 8:15 pm South Korean superstar Lee Min-ho marks comeback after military service with Netflix fantasy romance drama (VIDEO)17/4/2020 8:15 pm COVID-19: Two men charged with leaving isolation areas in separate cases17/4/2020 8:08 pm LTA awards S$640 million contract for construction of train testing centre17/4/2020 8:08 pm Super-charged stocks race toward second best week ever17/4/2020 8:08 pm Covid-19: Government debunks rumour of 'partial lockdown' in Singapore17/4/2020 8:05 pm Philippines' Duterte threatens martial law-like virus crackdown17/4/2020 8:00 pm Coronavirus outbreak may have started in September, say British scientists17/4/2020 8:00 pm Behind Germany's virus battle, the fight for Merkel's crown17/4/2020 8:00 pm Malaysia turns back Rohingya boat over virus fears17/4/2020 7:59 pm COVID-19: McDonald's to suspend walk-in takeaway service in all restaurants17/4/2020 7:54 pm Hong Kong: Stocks end higher on China GDP data17/4/2020 7:50 pm Changi Airport sees more than 70% drop in passengers during March17/4/2020 7:49 pm Prince William admits virus fears for Charles, queen17/4/2020 7:47 pm Cricket Australia lays off staff over virus shutdown17/4/2020 7:47 pm Isolated and short of supplies, Malaysia's indigenous groups depend on aid to ride out movement control order17/4/2020 7:47 pm China's Wuhan raises coronavirus death toll by 1,290, up 50%17/4/2020 7:46 pm Philippines reports 25 coronavirus deaths, 218 more cases17/4/2020 7:41 pm Tennis: Kokkinakis battling back to fitness after glandular fever bout17/4/2020 7:41 pm What I have learnt as a mum amid the Covid-19 outbreak17/4/2020 7:15 pm Covid-19: Lions have afternoon siesta on road after South African park closes doors to tourists17/4/2020 7:15 pm Each coronavirus-hit person infecting fewer than one other in Germany17/4/2020 7:07 pm China reports African swine fever in pigs transported to Jiangsu province17/4/2020 7:07 pm South Korean firm to build first MRT testing centre for $640m17/4/2020 7:05 pm Australians urged to adopt phone tracking app in coronavirus fight17/4/2020 7:05 pm Coronavirus: Adjustments to some GCE coursework deadlines, A-level H3 exam schedules17/4/2020 7:05 pm Coronavirus: Italy tests contact-tracing to speed lockdown exit17/4/2020 7:05 pm Pofma office orders The Temasek Review to correct FB post alleging police fined delivery rider for cloth mask17/4/2020 7:05 pm Temasek Review issued POFMA correction direction on post claiming GrabFood rider was fined during circuit breaker period17/4/2020 7:01 pm Motor racing: Andretti Autosport to race in inaugural Extreme E season17/4/2020 7:01 pm On this day: Born Apr 18, 1990, Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen17/4/2020 7:01 pm Dee Hsu’s 14-Year-Old Daughter Just Scored Her Second Endorsement Deal17/4/2020 7:00 pm Job losses from coronavirus pandemic could force 11 million into poverty in Asia, International Finance Corporation says17/4/2020 7:00 pm