TOKYO: Shares of Fujifilm Holdings fell on Wednesday (May 20) after Kyodo news reported that so far there has been no clear evidence of efficacy for its drug Avigan in treating COVID-19 in some clinical trials. The data reported to Japan's health ministry by hospitals treating people showing mild ......
WELLINGTON: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday (May 20) raised the prospect of Kiwis enjoying extra public holidays and a shorter working week to help kickstart New Zealand's post-lockdown economy. Ardern said she wanted to encourage "nimble" and creative ideas for recovery after a strict ...
Britain's Rolls-Royce said it would cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global staff of 52,000 to adapt to the much smaller aviation market that will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
China ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said on Wednesday that it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to verify if drivers in its Latin American markets wear masks and disinfect cars to keep rides safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has done in a handful of months what even a 27-year civil war did not: it has brought oil drilling to a halt in Angola, Africa's second-largest oil producer.
What would seem like a sure win for elite investors - early bets on companies racing to make face masks, hand sanitiser and other coronavirus-related protective products - turned out to be a relatively unpopular strategy and one with surprisingly mixed results.
What would seem like a sure win for elite investors - early bets on companies racing to make face masks, hand sanitizer and other coronavirus-related protective products - turned out to be a relatively unpopular strategy and one with surprisingly mixed results.
SINGAPORE: Safe management measures to minimise the spread of COVID-19 must be put in place by pet establishments as they resume services from Jun 2, the National Parks Board (NParks) said in a news release on Wednesday (May 20). This comes a day after the Government announced that Singapore...
HONG KONG/BEIJING: A company linked to China's scandal-hit Luckin Coffee Inc is seeking fresh capital, sources said, highlighting the ripple effect of Luckin's fabricated transactions as the chairman of both firms scrambles to avoid a cash crunch. UCAR Inc, founded by Charles Zhengyao Lu, is ...
China's Lenovo Group, the world's biggest PC maker, posted a better than expected quarterly profit on Wednesday and said it could benefit from the "new normal" of working from home.
