Reports: Spike Lee joins Saints’ Zoom call, compliments Brees
Academy Award-winning writer/director Spike Lee served as a guest speaker on the New Orleans Saints’ virtual team meeting Tuesday, according to multiple reports....
Stock rally loses steam as markets wait for Fed
Asia’s stock markets edged up to a fresh three-month high on Wednesday, with the dollar again under pressure but sentiment was largely cautious ahead of...
Applications for asylum in EU plummet during pandemic
Asylum applications in Europe fell to the lowest level in April for over a decade as borders closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus,...
North Korean leader’s sister emerges as policymaker in spat with South Korea
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is taking a leading role in a new, more hard-line pressure campaign against South Korea, highlighting...
Fears huge Russian diesel spill could reach ocean
Diesel fuel from a major spill in the Russian Arctic has reached the waters of a pristine lake that serves as the basin for a...
Hong Kong police arrest 53 pro-democracy activists, more rallies planned
Hong Kong police arrested 53 people during protests on Tuesday evening that saw hundreds of activists take to the streets, at times blocking roads in...
Exclusive: ECB prepares ‘bad bank’ plan for wave of coronavirus toxic debt – sources
European Central Bank officials are drawing up a scheme to cope with potentially hundreds of billions of euros of unpaid loans in the wake of...
AMC to reopen movie theaters globally
AMC Entertainment announced Tuesday it expects to reopen all its theaters globally – with limited capacity and blocked seating – in July. Gloria Tso reports....
Singapore biotech firm Tychan to start human trials for COVID-19 treatment next week
A Singaporean biotechnology firm, Tychan, will begin human clinical trials next week for a potential monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, it said in a statement...
Indian firm Panacea says aiming to make COVID-19 vaccine
Indian biotech firm Panacea Biotec Ltd said on Wednesday it would partner with U.S.-based Refana Inc to make a potential vaccine for COVID-19....