Angry Birds maker Rovio reports profit rise on lower costs
Rovio Entertainment , maker of the 10-year-old “Angry Birds” mobile game series, on Tuesday reported a nearly 75% rise in first-quarter profit helped by lower...
Airline SAS to cut up to 5,000 jobs due to pandemic
Scandinavian airline SAS said on Tuesday it would reduce its workforce by up to 5,000 full-time positions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact...
China lab rejects COVID-19 conspiracy claims, but virus origins still a mystery
Claims that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan have no basis in fact, the head of the lab...
South Korea says North Korea’s Kim may be trying to avoid coronavirus
Kim Jong Un may have missed a key holiday on April 15 because of concerns over the coronavirus, not because he is ill, South Korea’s...
Japan PM paying close attention to reports on North Korea’s Kim
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday he was aware of reports on the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and was...
Asian shares make cautious gains, capped by fresh oil woes
Most Asian shares ground higher while U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday amid choppy trade as a renewed decline in oil prices partially offset optimism...
Nokia wins network equipment order from India’s Bharti Airtel
Nokia Oyj said on Tuesday it has won a multi-year deal with India’s third-largest telecom firm Bharti Airtel Ltd[BRTI.NS] to provide equipment and services....
HSBC sees mounting credit losses after pandemic halves first-quarter profit
HSBC Holdings PLC on Tuesday warned of more earnings pain to come after first-quarter profit nearly halved as it boosted provisions against bad loans expected...
Bayer faces second investor reckoning over glyphosate litigation
Bayer on Tuesday faces its second annual investor reckoning over its handling of a wave of U.S. lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer....
Thailand’s coronavirus medics feel strain even as cases decline
For Bangkok nurse Kanjana Kamoun, the coronavirus Intensive Care Ward is not only where she works all day, it is where she thinks she is...