BMW reports first-quarter profit rise as coronavirus saps demand
BMW AG on Wednesday reported a 133% rise in first-quarter operating profit, due to the absence of a one-off provision in the year-earlier period, but...
Novo Nordisk posts better-than-expected first-quarter profit as stockpiling boosts sales
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk posted a better-than-expected quarterly operating profit on Wednesday and kept its full-year outlook, as customers stocking up during the coronavirus pandemic boosted...
China says Hong Kong will never be calm unless violent protesters removed
China’s Hong Kong affairs office warned on Wednesday that the city will never be calm unless “black-clad violent protesters” were all removed, describing them as...
France’s BioMerieux launches product to identify coronavirus antibodies
French diagnostics specialist BioMérieux announced on Wednesday the launch of a new product that aims to detect within 30 minutes the presence of antibodies in...
GM investors want to know how much more coronavirus pain remains
Investors want to know what kind of economic hit General Motors Co expects from the coronavirus pandemic as it moves forward, whether it needs to...
Uber rival Bolt aims to launch scooters in 45 cities
Estonian ride-sharing service Bolt on Wednesday launched its own electric scooter model and said it aims to launch the scooter service in more than 45...
Indonesia’s Widodo tells ministers to exert all energies to curb coronavirus
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered ministers in his cabinet on Wednesday to use “whatever means” necessary to ensure the country’s infection curve of the coronavirus...
Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty
When shops and homes shutter at curfew, some Iraqis in this Baghdad district say it reminds them of past traumas that destroyed lives and livelihoods:...
Thailand reports one new coronavirus case, one new death
Thailand on Wednesday reported one new coronavirus case and one new death, a senior health official said....
South Korea spy agency says no signs North Korea’s Kim received heart surgery: Yonhap
There are no signs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received heart surgery when he disappeared from state media for three weeks, but he reduced...