Taiwan talks WHO role with U.S., China denounces ‘manipulation’
Taiwan and the United States this week discussed how to get “closer coordination” between the island and the World Health Organization (WHO) during the coronavirus...
Hungary’s Alkaloida says it can mass produce hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus use: media
Hungarian pharma company Alkaloida Zrt has asked for a domestic distribution licence for its drug Hydroxychloroquine and can produce 20 million pills, enough to treat...
Beijing autoshow postponed to September due to virus
Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late-April, said on Friday the event would be held between Sept. 26 and...
Ryanair misses traffic target, braces for hedging hit
Ryanair missed its 2020 target for passenger traffic and expects to book an exceptional charge of around 300 million euros for the year which ended...
Israel seals off ultra-Orthodox town hit hard by coronavirus
Israeli police threw up metal barricades and roadblocks on Friday to enforce a lockdown of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish town badly affected by coronavirus....
Brent reverses losses to rise above $30/bbl in early European trading
Benchmark Brent crude oil futures reversed losses incurred during Asian hours in early European trading on Friday to rise above $30 a barrel, with hopes...
India’s coronavirus lockdown hits poor, tests Modi’s support
Ravi Prasad Gupta, a worker at a pipe plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat, for years proudly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Sumo: Summer Grand tournament postponed due to coronavirus
The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament has been postponed by two weeks from its scheduled May 10 start due to concerns over the coronavirus, the Japan...
H&M sees second-quarter loss as pandemic slams sales in March
H&M , the world’s second-biggest clothing retailer, said on Friday it expected a loss in the second quarter after reporting a 46% plunge in March...
Sex workers stranded in Germany as coronavirus shuts brothels
Thousands of foreign prostitutes working in Germany have been made homeless after brothels closed due to the coronavirus outbreak and borders snapped shut, making it...
