Pakistan cracks down on safety breaches, coronavirus cases top 100,000
Pakistan has recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus infections, officials statistics showed on Monday and the rise in daily infections has prompted authorities to begin strict...
Russia’s coronavirus deaths approach 6,000
The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in Russia has risen to 5,971, the country’s coronavirus response centre said on Monday, after it reported...
Former athletics chief Diack in French court for corruption trial
Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of world athletics’ governing body, arrived in a French courtroom on Monday for the start of a trial on...
Possibly millions of jobs could be lost if planes stay grounded, Heathrow boss says
Hundreds of thousands of jobs, if not millions, could be lost in Britain if aviation is not able to resume quickly, the chief executive of...
Finland launches new 5G spectrum auction
Finland launched its second auction of frequencies for high-speed 5G mobile networks on Monday, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency said....
Oxford Biomedica eyes UK supply boost of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
Oxford Biomedica has signed a new manufacturing agreement with a group backed by the UK government to help it scale up production of AstraZeneca’s potential...
Worshippers in masks return to temples as India reopens amid rising coronavirus cases
People trickled into temples and mosques in India on Monday as the federal government lifted most restrictions on public places, even as the country added...
Ericsson flags margin headwind over China 5G contracts, takes $108 million charge
Ericsson’s second-quarter results will take a hit of about 1 billion crowns ($108.8 million) due to write-downs of product inventory in the Chinese market, the...
Finland’s Centre Party nominates Vanhanen for finance minister
Finland’s Centre Party nominated on Monday former Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen as its candidate for finance minister, following Katri Kulmuni’s resignation on Friday over her...
Emerging market corporate credit quality down but not out
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on companies around the world, but in poorer emerging economies where balance sheets and credit ratings were...