Two Indian-crewed merchant ships carrying Australian coal have been stuck at Chinese ports for several months, union officials said Wednesday, with the sailors becoming the latest casualties of escalating tensions between Canberra and Beijing.
Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Wednesday as signs of a working COVID-19 vaccine raised hopes of a faster-than-expected economic rebound, with technology stocks bouncing back from steep losses this week.
Flying taxi startup Lilium will set up its first U.S. hub near Orlando, putting more than 20 million Floridians within range of the winged electric aircraft that can take off vertically and cover 300 km (185 miles) in a single one-hour hop.
Facebook Inc expects that its post-election ban on political ads will last another month, according to an email the social media company sent to advertisers on Wednesday.
European Union lawmakers have backed a small trade deal with the United States to remove EU tariffs on U.S. lobsters following Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla has sold stake worth US$5.56 million, according to a regulatory filing that showed the sale was made on Monday, the same day the drugmaker reported positive data on its experimental COVID-19 vaccine.
Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Wednesday as signs of a working COVID-19 vaccine raised hopes of a faster-than-expected economic rebound, with technology stocks bouncing back from steep losses this week.
Netflix insisted Wednesday it was prepared to pay tax in Vietnam after a government minister accused the streaming giant of dodging its obligations to the communist nation.
China's Alibaba said orders on its e-commerce platform during the Singles' Day shopping event hit 467.5 billion yuan (US$70.6 billion) by Wednesday evening.
Germany luxury automaker BMW AG on Wednesday unveiled an electric sport utility vehicle called the BMW iX, planned to go on sale in early 2022 to compete with Tesla Inc and other rivals.
