Honda deploys its minivans to transport virus patients
Honda Motor Co said it has remodeled 50 of its minivans to transport COVID-19 patients to hospitals and quarantine facilities in Japan, sealing off the...
Mizuho to stop lending to new coal power projects
Mizuho Financial Group will stop financing new coal power projects and end all loans for coal by 2050, bowing to pressure from a group of...
Trump administration halts wildfire prevention tool in California over coronavirus
The U.S. Forest Service has suspended controlled burns on public lands in wildfire-prone California because of the coronavirus pandemic, upsetting officials who see the program...
ADCB files criminal complaint against individuals linked to NMC Health
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has filed a criminal complaint against individuals linked to hospital operator NMC Health , the lender said....
One year on: Notre-Dame restoration faces delays
A year after an inferno engulfed Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral, salvage and reconstruction works are running months behind schedule, delayed by massive quantities of toxic lead,...
Temperature checks, protective suits: Argentine grains sector braces for 1st coronavirus case
Argentina is braced for the first case of coronavirus to be confirmed among the thousands of port workers and grains handlers involved in the country’s...
U.S. companies walk legal tightrope as earnings season kicks off
U.S. companies are grappling with how best to provide guidance on their earnings outlook as the novel coronavirus takes uncertainty to new heights and exposes...
Exclusive: Ukraine ready to ban wheat exports if necessary – official
Ukraine, one of world’s top grain exporters, is ready to ban wheat exports if sales exceed limits agreed with traders, the deputy economy minister in...
Brazil airline Azul hires adviser to restructure debt: report
Brazilian airline Azul SA has hired restructuring firm Galeazzi & Associados to renegotiate its financial and suppliers’ debt, Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo...
Staging the Tour in 2020 vital for the sport, says race director
Staging the Tour de France this year despite the novel coronavirus pandemic was vital for road cycling, the race’s director Christian Prudhomme said on Wednesday....