Bloomberg A 44-year-old Chinese male from Wuhan died in the Philippines on February 1 from the novel coronavirus, the first death recorded outside of China, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. The man arrived in the Philippines on January 21 accompanying the country’s first confirmed case, a 38-year-old woman, after they had travelled from Wuhan via Hong Kong, ...

Bloomberg Indian PM Narendra Modi’s second budget in seven months disappointed investors who were hoping for big-bang stimulus to revive growth in Asia’s third-largest economy. The fiscal plan — delivered by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman — proposed tax cuts for individuals and wider deficit targets, but failed to provide specific steps to fix a struggling financial sector, improve infrastructure and ...

Bloomberg Prosecutors in Tokyo issued a fresh warrant for the arrest of ex-Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who jumped bail and fled the country last month to escape trial for alleged financial crimes. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office issued the warrant on Ghosn for illegally departing Japan, where the former auto executive was charged with failing to fully ...