UK COVID-19 death toll nears 43,000: official data
The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 official death toll has reached nearly 43,000, according to a Reuters tally of data that includes suspected cases and confirms the...
Eastern Libyan forces pull out of parts of Tripoli
Eastern Libyan forces pulled out of parts of Tripoli overnight, they said, after losing one of their main strongholds in western Libya on Monday, in...
UK announces new post-Brexit global tariff regime
The United Kingdom announced a new post-Brexit tariff regime on Tuesday to replace the European Union’s external tariff, maintaining a 10% tariff on cars but...
Factbox: Britain sets out new post-Brexit global tariff regime
The United Kingdom announced a new post-Brexit tariff regime on Tuesday to replace the European Union’s external tariff, maintaining a 10% tariff on cars and...
China says U.S. trying to shift blame and smear Beijing over WHO
China said the United States was trying to shift the blame for Washington’s own mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis, responding to President Donald Trump’s letter...
German court limits power of spy agency’s bugging overseas
Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that monitoring the internet traffic of foreign nationals abroad by the BND intelligence agency partly breaches the constitution....
Philippines reports 224 new coronavirus infections, cases near 13,000
The Philippine health ministry on Tuesday reported six new coronavirus deaths and 224 more infections, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 12,942....
Novartis wins conditional EU approval for gene therapy Zolgensma
Novartis won European approval for its gene therapy Zolgensma for the hereditary disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday, adding it...
Tesla’s China car registrations plunge 64% month-on-month in April
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc suffered a slump of 64% in car registrations in China in April on the month, data from auto consultancy...
UK ventilator consortium says scaling up in case of COVID-19 second spike
A consortium of British aerospace, automotive and medical companies said they were ramping up ventilator production to make sure there were enough available should there...