MUFG trims U.S. sell-side team to expand capital markets business – source

India’s posts world record daily COVID cases for second straight day

Fears of Biden tax blow leave cryptocurrencies Ether, Bitcoin on the ropes

China, North Korea poised to resume freight rail links as trade revives

South Korea widens public access to virus self-test kits amid surge

Desperate hunt for missing Indonesian submarine as oxygen set to run out

Asian shares shake off U.S. tax worries, cryptocurrencies plunge

Thailand reports daily record of over 2,000 COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths

U.S., other countries deepen climate goals at Earth Day summit

Changing immigration trends colour ‘Minari’ reception in South Korea

U.S. Senate passes bill to fight anti-Asian hate crimes

Start-ups aim to change car battery recycling, clean up world’s most polluting industry

Russia orders troops back to base after buildup near Ukraine

Senior Chinese diplomat hopes ASEAN summit helps with Myanmar ‘soft landing’

Eerily empty, Thai tourist island Phuket desperate to reopen

China tells UK to ‘right its wrong moves’ after parliament’s Xinjiang motion

Australia urges AstraZeneca to send 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to PNG after EU clearance

Sexual assault prosecutions should be taken out U.S. military chain of command: panel

FCC orders U.S. broadcasters to identify foreign-government sponsors of programs

Oil edges higher on U.S., Europe demand hopes

Japan to issue ‘short, powerful’ state of emergency for Tokyo, elsewhere

Mass cremations begin as India’s capital faces deluge of COVID-19 deaths

Malaysia taps oil-backed trust fund to pay for vaccines

Wizards’ Deni Avdija out 12 weeks with fractured leg