Thailand reports 7 new coronavirus cases, all from overseas
Thailand reported seven new coronavirus cases on Friday, while the number of deaths remained unchanged at 56....
Roche says new diagnostic solution could help COVID-19 patients
Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Friday it will start selling a new digital diagnostics product that may simplify and accelerate screening of patients with breathing...
Australians emerge from coronavirus lockdown to beers and lattes
Restaurants, cafes and bars in Australia’s most populous state reopened on Friday after a two-month coronavirus lockdown, boosting the federal government’s bid to get people...
Former baseball All-Star, GM Watson dies at 74
Bob Watson, a former All-Star player who became the first African American general manager to win a World Series, died Thursday at age 74....
Australia’s Westpac admits to breaches of money-laundering laws
Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp said in a defence filing in Federal Court on Friday it was admitting to a number of failures in a case...
Coronavirus forces HSBC to cut global growth forecasts, again
Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC has cut already bleak global growth forecasts even further, as lockdown restrictions extended through April and tentative economic re-openings drag on...
The 21st century lends Britain’s ancient parliament a hand
After 600 years of painstakingly slow evolution, Britain’s parliament took a leap into the future when the coronavirus pandemic struck, transforming its deeply traditional debating...
Pandemic stirs Wall Street’s social conscience
Worker welfare is having a moment on Wall Street....
Pompeo says TSMC’s $12 billion investment to increase U.S. economic independence from China
Chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s $12 billion investment in the United States will increase U.S. economic independence from China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said...
Japan’s regions, companies emerge from virus emergency while Tokyo restrictions remain
Large parts of Japan marked the first day out of a state of emergency on Friday while major cities remained under coronavirus restrictions and new...