Spain plans keeping borders closed until July: government sources
Spanish authorities are planning to keep borders closed to most travellers from abroad until July, two foreign ministry sources told Reuters on Wednesday, in a...
Sony braces for lowest profit in four years, hit broadly by coronavirus
Sony Corp expects operating profit to drop at least 30% this financial year to its lowest in four years as the company anticipates a hit...
Lockdown gaming boom drives Tencent first quarter revenue jump
High demand for video games during the coronavirus pandemic lifted first quarter revenue at Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings by 26%, beating...
Germany announces gradual easing of border controls
Germany will start to ease some of the border controls introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus from Saturday with the aim of having...
Chinese lab boosts Serbia’s coronavirus testing capacity
A Chinese-built state-of-the-art laboratory is helping to nearly double Serbia’s testing capacity for COVID-19, the lung disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the latest...
With Castro-era biotech, Cuba seeks to compete in coronavirus treatment race
Communist-run Cuba, laboring under a six-decade U.S. embargo, is betting a biotech sector begun by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro can give the Caribbean island...
TUI to cut jobs and costs as it prepares for July holiday restart
Travel group TUI will cut 8,000 jobs and look to shed 30% of its costs as it gears up for a July restart to European...
Japanese Olympic fencer turns to Uber Eats for fitness
With his Olympics preparations in tatters, Japanese fencer Ryo Miyake has begun delivering food for Uber Eats as he looks to maintain his fitness and...
Russia suspends use of ventilator type sent to U.S. after fatal fires
Russia on Wednesday suspended the use of some Russian-made medical ventilators after two fatal hospital fires reported to involve the machines, a setback in its...
Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll at 184 on Wednesday
Spain’s daily death toll from the coronavirus inched up on Wednesday to 184 fatalities from 176 on Tuesday, the country’s health ministry said....