Malaysia to buy more Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines

KUALA LUMPUR -— Malaysia will buy additional doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total secured to 32 million, enough to cover half of its population, the country’s science minister said on Monday.

White House cites ‘active threat,’ urges action despite Microsoft patch

WASHINGTON — The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted amid a hack of Microsoft Corp.’s Outlook email program, saying a recent software patch still left serious vulnerabilities.

The COVID/Brexit cocktail: UK lost market share in US, Germany and China — report

LONDON — The United Kingdom lost market share in the United States, Germany, and China during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to global trade chaos, Brexit, and poor productivity, according to new research published on Monday.

COVID-19 travel insurance becoming a vacation staple

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) insurance policies are increasingly joining passports and sunscreen as vacation staples, creating opportunities for insurers as more countries require mandatory coverage in case visitors fall ill from the coronavirus.

Meghan accuses UK royals of racism, says ‘didn’t want to be alive’

LONDON — Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark their son’s skin might be and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in a tell-all television interview that could send shockwaves through the monarchy.

Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by US tensions, staff defections

SHENZHEN — Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co. Ltd. built up such a successful US business over the past decade that it almost drove...

China Feb exports post record surge from COVID-19-depressed 2020 levels

BEIJING — China’s February exports grew at a record pace from a year earlier when coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) battered the world’s second-biggest economy, customs data showed on Sunday, while imports rose less sharply.

Democrats push Biden’s $1.9-T COVID 2019 bill through Senate

WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Saturday passed President Joseph R. Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan in a party-line vote after an all-night session that was delayed repeatedly as the Republican minority tried but failed to push through around three dozen amendments.

Vaccine blunders alarm stock investors

EUROPE’s vaccine blunders are alarming some of the world’s top investors, who see economic growth imperiled by a slow pace of business reopenings.

Shake off your ill will, Britain tells EU over post-Brexit trade

LONDON - The European Union should shake off its ill will and build a good relationship with Britain as sovereign equals, Britain's top EU...

South Korea, U.S. scale back military drill over coronavirus

By Josh Smith
SEOUL - South Korea and the United States will conduct its springtime military exercise this week, but the joint drill will be smaller than...

New Zealand’s Auckland emerges from lockdown, Australia starts AstraZeneca

By Lidia Kelly
MELBOURNE - Auckland, New Zealand's biggest city, emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious...