Tokyo shares opened sharply higher on Tuesday (Nov 24) after United States President Donald Trump said he no longer opposed government aid for Joe Biden's transition team, with markets also buoyed by COVID-19 vaccine news.
SEOUL: South Korea's delivery workers have fallen into what they call a "legal blind spot" and say it is a deadly place to be as the coronavirus drives an unprecedented boom in online business. Labour rights have made huge progress in South Korea over the past couple of decades...
A Canadian police officer involved in the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou two years ago in a U.S. extradition case testified on Monday he did not plan to obtain her mobile phone passcodes or search her electronic devices.
PARIS: French users of a Muslim prayer app accused of selling data that ended up with the US army are suing the company, their lawyers said on Monday (Nov 23). Former subscribers to the Muslim Pro app, which claims to have 95 million users around the world, have filed the...
Walmart's Mexico unit said on Monday it was notified by Mexico's federal competition authority that it is under investigation for possible antitrust behavior in the supply and distribution market for wholesale goods and the retail of these goods and services.
The world's largest asset manager BlackRock Inc said on Monday it will buy Aperio Group LLC, an investment management services provider, from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital and Aperio employees for US$1.05 billion in cash.
Apple Inc's security chief on Monday was indicted on bribery charges as prosecutors alleged he promised a donation of 200 iPads to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office to secure four concealed-weapon permits for Apple employees.
International air travellers will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to fly with Australia's Qantas, the airline's CEO has said, adding the rule was likely to become "common" across the industry.
TOKYO: Sixty-year-old Yashiro Haga is folding his Tokyo noodle ramen shop after 15 years in December, unable to overcome the prospect of a lasting customer slump due to the coronavirus crisis. "The flow of people has changed due to the coronavirus," Haga said, standing behind the counter of his ......
Britain's telecoms companies could be fined up to 10per cent of turnover or 100,000 pounds (US$133,140) a day if they contravene a ban on using equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd under a new law put forward on Tuesday.
