‘Weird’ playing without fans, but good to be playing again: Kvitova
Petra Kvitova has 27 career titles but winning an all-Czech exhibition tournament last week was a different experience for her and it felt “weird” to...
Tanzanian recycling plant starts making face shields from plastic bottles
A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam has traded paper for plastic bottles and started making anti-coronavirus face shields that are...
U.S. awards new $628 million contract to boost output of potential COVID-19 vaccine
The U.S. government on Monday entered into a $628 million contract with drugmaker Emergent BioSolutions to boost manufacturing capacity for a potential COVID-19 vaccine....
Facebook’s Zuckerberg faces employee blowback over ruling on Trump comments
Facebook employees critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to remove an inflammatory comment from U.S. President Donald Trump took their dissent public over the weekend...
Spain promises safety as it tries to win back tourists and their money
All Spanish beaches reopened on Monday with the exception of Barcelona, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao will unlock its doors for the first time...
India’s coronavirus infections overtake France amid criticism of lockdown
India’s cases of coronavirus crossed 190,000, the health ministry said on Monday, overtaking France to become seventh highest in the world, as the government eases...
Steamy Singapore says face shields no substitute for mandatory masks
Tropical city-state Singapore said on Monday it was curbing the use of face shields as a substitute for masks, as its residents look for ways...
Thailand races to create COVID vaccine, eyes possible medical tourism boost
Momentum is building behind Thailand’s push to create its own coronavirus vaccine, with more manpower and resources dedicated to the effort amid hopes it could...
India to receive above-average monsoon rains, boosting crop output
India is likely to receive above average monsoon rainfall for the second straight year in 2020, the state-run weather office said on Monday, raising hopes...
Oil steady as OPEC+ considers extension to output curbs
Oil prices were steady on Monday helped by reports that OPEC and Russia were closer to a deal on extending oil cuts but held back...
