Coronavirus shutdown may help Serena’s Grand Slam quest: coach
Serena Williams is as motivated as ever to add to her 23 Grand Slam singles titles and the COVID-19 shutdown could end up helping her...
China says clinical trials show African swine fever vaccine safe so far
A Chinese vaccine against African swine fever appears to be safe in clinical trials now underway, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, a...
Israel’s Bezeq to convert pay phones into defibrillator stations
Israel’s main phone company said on Wednesday it would collaborate with the country’s ambulance service in replacing thousands of public phone booths with defibrillator stations....
China punishes microblog platform Weibo for interfering with communication
China’s internet regulator on Wednesday ordered the Sina Weibo social media platform to disable some of its features for a week, rare punishment for what...
For virus-tamer Merkel, global alliances trumped nationalism
Travelling in convoy through the Chinese city of Wuhan last September, Angela Merkel called a halt. As her party crossed a bridge over the Yangtze...
Futures steady as investors await Fed’s economic outlook
The S&P 500 and Dow futures ticked lower on Wednesday as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting that could shed...
Germany extends corona travel warning for non-European states
Germany will extend its travel warning for non-European countries until the end of August but lift border controls to all its neighbours by mid-June, ministers...
Exclusive: Europe to accelerate trials of gene-engineered COVID-19 vaccines – sources
European officials aim to speed up trials for coronavirus vaccines containing genetically modified organisms, two EU sources told Reuters, in a move that could help...
Carmakers must overhaul production plans to hit climate goals: report
The world’s 14 biggest carmakers are on course to miss globally agreed climate targets, a leading sustainable finance think tank said on Wednesday, urging investors...
Faster than machines, jobless Palestinian graduates bring in Gaza’s crops
Covering the ground five times faster than a tractor for subsistence wages, 40 Palestinian graduates have teamed to pick crops in Gaza, after failing to...