The kingdom's economy improved in June, which Bank of Thailand (BOT) senior director Chayawadee Chai-Anant also ascribed to more robust domestic consumption.

Authorities said they had received reports that some employers had refused to employ workers who caught the virus during the city’s two-month lockdown

Despite a steady decline in Covid cases, with just 27 being reported on Sunday, authorities said Macau's over 600,000 residents must stay home until Friday

The lockdown in the Chinese special administrative region was due to end on Monday

Now an adviser to top European Union diplomat Josep Borrell, Sachs said in a speech in Madrid that he was "pretty convinced" it was caused by a 'blunder'

More than a dozen cases were identified in the casino on Tuesday, as mainland China's battle against the coronavirus continued with more than 400 new infections.

Relations between the two Koreas are likely to deteriorate as the South's new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is expected to take a less conciliatory approach

But the authors of the new World Health Organization report concluded that although no new data pointed to a laboratory leak, more Chinese input was needed.

The skyrocketing numbers over the weekend prompted a sympathetic response from South Korea, which offered vaccines, medical equipment and health personnel.

Strict Covid-curbs have put 26 million lives on hold in Shanghai - China's most important economic hub. The resulting supply chain disruptions and revenue losses will spell fresh economic trouble for China, and the world.

The city has closed gyms and entertainment venues, banned dine-in services at restaurants and shut scores of bus routes and almost 15% of its subway lines

Officials have enforced strict lockdowns in China's most important economic hub, Shanghai, and the pinch from resulting economic losses will be felt across the world