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Japanese government bond prices inched up on Friday, in line with a rise in U.S. Treasuries after another abysmal reading on U.S. jobless claims data and the U.S Federal Reserve's $2.3 trillion yen plan to shore up the economy.

Japanese shares settled higher on Friday, with bank stocks leading the gains on a $2.3 trillion programme by the U.S. Federal Reserve to support local governments and businesses, but trading was lacklustre due to the Easter holidays overseas.

Shanghai stocks slid on Friday on bleak factory gate data that pointed to a prolonged recovery, but ended the week with their biggest gains in five on hopes of more economic stimulus to shore up the world's second-largest economy.

China's banking regulator said on Friday it will start monitoring how much support lenders are extending to struggling smaller firms, the latest push to guide more funding into the country's most vulnerable business sector.

Turkey's unemployment rate ticked up to 13.8% in the December-February period from 13.7% a month earlier, data showed on Friday, suggesting joblessness will remain high as the coronavirus outbreak delivers a shock beginning in March.

Stuck indoors and without a training partner during India's COVID-19 lockdown, the country's top table tennis player G Sathiyan says he is staying sharp by practising with a robot.

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Days after Congo announced emergency restrictions to curb the new coronavirus, a police video started circulating online showing an officer in the capital beating a taxi driver for violating a one-passenger limit.

Brown-robed Franciscans stride through a shuttered and deserted Jerusalem to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the global focus of the most important festival in the Christian calendar - but in a city bereft of Easter pilgrims.

Japan's car industry will try to avoid suspending operations during the coronavirus pandemic, but worker safety takes priority, said its automakers' association, adding the industry was considering financial support for struggling firms.

Hungary's confirmed coronavirus cases have increased by 210 to 1,190, the single largest daily increase since the outbreak of the virus, government data showed on Friday. Nearly half of confirmed cases were registered in the capital Budapest.

(RTTNews) - Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) announced a definitive agreement with KB Financial Group Inc., a Korean financial services provider, to sell The Prudential Life Insurance Company of Korea, Ltd. for cash consideration of approximately 2.3 trillion Korean Won, or $1.9

U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Friday it has started China sales of two lower-priced Model 3 variants built at its Shanghai plant, meaning all Model 3 sedans sold in the country are now locally made and not subject to import tax.

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed 51 Japanese companies into bankruptcy with a spike in new cases seen in April, Tokyo Shoko Research said on Friday, underscoring the toll the health crisis is taking on the world's third-largest economy.

KB Financial Group Inc has signed a share purchase agreement to buy a 100% stake in U.S. Prudential Financial Inc's South Korean unit for 2.3 trillion won ($1.89 billion), the group said in a filing on Friday.

China stocks slipped on Friday on bleak factory gate data that pointed to a prolonged recovery, but were set to end the week with their biggest gains in five on hopes of more economic stimulus to shore up the world's second-largest economy.

China's yuan advanced on Friday to a more-than-three-week high against the easing dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve rolled out a massive new lending programme to combat business disruption from the coronavirus pandemic.

Vietnam is challenging China's dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits.

China's Wuhan city, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wary of a rebound in cases even as it sets its sights on normalising the economy.

U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Friday it has started selling two new locally made Model 3 sedan variants in China. China-made Long Range Model 3 vehicles will be priced at 339,050 yuan after getting subsidies.