Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom
The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of...
Australia seeks to engage China on future of actor on death row
Australia is seeking to engage China on the future of Karm Gilespie, an Australian man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, amid escalating tensions between...
Sweden’s Sinch to buy India’s ACL Mobile for $70 million
Fast-growing Swedish cloud computing services provider Sinch AB said on Monday it had agreed to buy Indian firm ACL Mobile for about $70 million (INR...
French health minister: Worst of epidemic is behind us but virus not dead
The worst part of the coronavirus epidemic is behind France, but people must remain vigilant as the virus continues to circulate, Health Minister Olivier Veran...
H&M’s March-May sales tumble by less than expected 50%
H&M , the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, on Monday reported a sharp but slightly smaller than expected drop in second-quarter sales as measures to slow...
Intesa, BPER revise terms aiming to avert antitrust hurdles to UBI deal
Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo has increased the number of branches and amount of assets it will sell to rival BPER if its proposed takeover of...
Stocks, oil fall as second wave fears cloud recovery prospects
Asian shares and Wall Street futures fell on Monday as growing fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections revived economic worries, while underwhelming data...
Brazil protests show political split amid virus
People marched both for and against President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday (June 14) as the number of COVID-19 cases increased 17,000 from a day before....
Thailand ends curfew, marks 21 days with no local coronavirus cases
Thailand on Monday lifted a nationwide curfew after more than two months and allowed restaurants to resume selling alcohol as the coronavirus crisis eased, with...
After viral photo, UK BLM protester speaks out
The black man identified as the individual carrying a suspected far-right protester to safety in a viral photograph captured by a Reuters photographer on Saturday...