Oil jumps 3% on reports of effective coronavirus drug
Oil prices jumped by more than 3% on Wednesday after reports that scientists have found an effective drug against China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, which has hit...
Nissan performs UK’s longest and most complex driverless car trip
A Nissan car has completed a 230-mile journey autonomously in Britain, the longest and most complex such trip in the country as carmakers race to...
Qatar Airways CEO says interested in increasing stake in LATAM to 20%
Qatar Airways is interested in increasing its stake in Chile’s LATAM Airlines to 20%, its chief executive said on Wednesday....
Top 25 roundup: Auburn survives OT scare from Arkansas
Junior guard Mason Jones became the first Arkansas player ever to post three consecutive 30-point games, but it wasn’t enough as No. 11 Auburn overcame...
Cathay Pacific asks employees to take unpaid leave as virus hits demand
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways asked its 27,000 employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave, saying preserving cash was key for the carrier and...
Huawei says MWC events still on, watching coronavirus developments
China’s Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it still planned to hold events around the forthcoming Mobile World Congress, a telecoms industry gathering that draws more...
Imperial Brands’ profit growth evaporates after U.S. vaping crackdown
Tobacco group Imperial Brands said it would not see any profit growth this year after tighter regulation in the United States, the world’s biggest vaping...
Ten test positive on quarantined ship in Japan
Around 3,700 people are facing at least two weeks locked away on a cruise liner anchored off Japan after health officials confirmed on Wednesday that...
Trump snubs Pelosi, she tears up his speech
A bitter feud between US President Donald Trump and Democrat House speaker Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of Union speech on Tuesday, with...
Former British PM Cameron turns down climate summit job
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected an offer from the government to lead a major United Nations climate summit taking place in November....