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Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would start notifying users who had engaged with false posts about COVID-19 which could cause physical harm, such as drinking bleach to cure the virus, and connect them to accurate information.

Starhub will offer its customers a one-time rebate on their monthly Internet fee, the telco said on Thursday (Apr 16), a day after an hours-long service disruption left customers fuming.

The United States opposes creation of liquidity through issuance of the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: India's vibrant newspaper industry that reaches tens of millions of readers daily has been ravaged by declining advertising revenues due to a nationwide lockdown to fight the coronavirus, pushing leading titles to slash jobs and salaries. Advertising revenues at some top dailies ...

The West needs to do more to stop China buying up strategic technology including companies such as British semiconductor chip designer Imagination Technologies, the former head of Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Thursday.

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is gradually shifting production of chips designed in-house away from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) and towards a mainland Chinese firm in preparation for more U.S. restrictions, sources familiar with the matter said.

Ford Motor Co said on Thursday that its China vehicle sales in the first three months this year fell 34.9per cent from a year earlier to 88,770 units, as coronavirus epidemic hit demands in the world's biggest auto market.

Amazon has no clarity yet on when its warehouses in France might reopen, the head of its French business said on Thursday, after the e-commerce giant clashed with unions over the measures taken to limit the risks of coronavirus contagion.

Sherborne Investors said on Thursday it would withhold its vote against Barclays Chief Executive Jes Staley in the lender's upcoming general meeting, to prevent fresh boardroom turmoil as the bank grapples with the fallout from COVID 19.

LONDON: Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell pledged on Thursday (Apr 16) to become carbon neutral by 2050, matching a commitment by rival BP as climate change looms large over the energy sector. "Society's expectations have shifted quickly in the debate around climate change," Chief Executive ...