Fossil fuel giants and banks under fire for rise in single-use plastics
By Megan Rowling
BARCELONA - Production of single-use plastics is set to grow 30% in the next five years, fuelling their contribution to global warming and ocean...
S.Korea’s Genexine signs COVID-19 vaccine candidate manufacturing deal with Hanmi
SEOUL - Genexine Inc has signed a manufacturing deal for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with Hanmi Pharm Co Ltd as it prepares to seek...
Tencent Music says facing increased China scrutiny, is committed to laws
Tencent Music Entertainment Group confirmed on Tuesday it is facing heightened scrutiny from Chinese regulators, adding it was "actively co-operating" with them and is...
Free at last to hug and party: UK reopens for business
LONDON — Friends will hug, pints will be pulled and swathes of the British economy will reopen on Monday giving 65 million people a measure of freedom after the gloom of a four-month coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown.
China vaccinates nearly 14 million people a day
CHINA is vaccinating almost 14 million people a day, the fastest pace in the world, as the country races to protect its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) advantage in the face of major Western nations reopening their economies.
Brain gain: New boutiques, deals surge lure expat bankers to Australia
HONG KONG — Australian expatriate investment bankers are returning home in large numbers, lured by the launch of new boutique advisory firms, a sharp pick up in deal-making, and the safety of a country relatively unscathed by the coronavirus pandemic.
G7 urged to donate ‘emergency’ supplies to vaccine-sharing scheme
GENEVA — The head of UNICEF on Monday asked G7 countries to donate supplies to the COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme as an emergency measure to address a severe shortfall caused by disruption to Indian vaccine exports.
Israel launches dozens of strikes as Gaza fighting enters second week
GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israel launched dozens of air strikes in Gaza and the Hamas militant group kept up its rocket attacks on Israeli cities in fighting that...
Taiwan and Singapore, COVID success stories, face threats
SINGAPORE and Taiwan, success stories in containing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), are both rapidly imposing aggressive restrictions at home — and tightening travel between each other.
Bodies of COVID-19 victims among those dumped in India’s Ganges
NEW DELHI — Bodies of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government said in a letter seen by Reuters, the first official acknowledgement of an alarming practice it said may stem from poverty and fear of the disease in villages.
U.S. fuel crisis eases as pipeline returns to normal after hack
By Jennifer Hiller and Stephanie Kelly
Widespread gasoline shortages along the U.S. East Coast began to ease slightly on Saturday as the operator of the nation's biggest fuel pipeline said...
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices
GAZA - Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday,...