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WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States from Britain, failed on Monday in a bid to further delay hearings that resumed after a pause of months caused by the coronavirus lockdown.

Budweiser maker Anheuser-Busch InBev has began a process to replace Chief Executive Carlos Brito, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

French payments company Worldline's 7.8 billion euro (US$9.23 billion) bid for Ingenico may require concessions to gain European Union antitrust regulator approval, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

SINGAPORE: Hiring slowed in the second quarter of 2020 but did not come to a standstill, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) Manpower Research and Statistics Department. Despite weaker hiring sentiments, "a good number" of retrenched workers re-entered employment ...

Nestle has increased the share of recyclable or reusable plastics to package its products to 87per cent, making progress toward its 100per cent goal by 2025, and gave examples of innovation to cut plastic waste in a media briefing on Monday.

Demonstrators damaged seven of South African drug retailer Clicks Group's shops on Monday and forced others to close during protests over what they said was a racist advertisement posted on its website.

Britain's competition regulator on Monday fined Amazon 55,000 pounds (US$72,364) after the U.S. online giant delayed an investigation into its purchase of a 16per cent stake in food platform Deliveroo by failing to provide documents on time.

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways on Monday said it would cover medical and quarantine costs for passengers if they contract the new coronavirus after traveling on one of its flights.

World shares inched higher led by Europe on Monday, after last week's rout in U.S. technology stocks that saw US$2.3 trillion in value wiped off in two days with investors taking note of lofty valuations when the global economy is still in a recession.

French carmaker Renault will develop and assemble the next generation of partner Nissan's Micra models, a senior executive at the Japanese firm said, as the two companies try to reboot their alliance with tighter cooperation in production.