LONDON: Britain will buy potential COVID-19 vaccines from US drugmakers Johnson & Johnson and Novavax, the companies said on Friday (Aug 14), bringing the total number of deals by the UK government to six as the race for shots heats up. Johnson & Johnson said its Janssen Pharmaceutica unit will...
MELBOURNE: BHP Group said on Friday (Aug 14) it will closely monitor the work of industry associations to ensure they match its climate position on keeping the world's warming to well less than 2 degrees Celsius. The world's largest listed miner has faced increasing pressure from investors worried ......
CALIFORNIA: Alphabet's Google said on Friday (Aug 14) it would no longer provide data in response to requests from Hong Kong authorities following the enactment of a new national security law imposed by China. The US tech giant had not produced any data since the sweeping new law took...
HANOI: Vietnam's plan to privatise scores of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has fallen further behind schedule amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with only 37 companies divested so far out of a target of 128 in the 2017 to 2020 period, the Ministry of Finance said. The Southeast Asian country has been...
KUALA LUMPUR: Hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Malaysia's gross domestic product fell by 17.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020. According to the Department of Statistics, this was Malaysia’s worst performance since the height of the Asian financial crisis in 1998. Central bank governor ...
