Asia stocks scale 3-month peak, resilient to U.S. rioting
Asian shares advanced to three-month highs on Monday as progress on re-opening economies helped offset jitters over riots in U.S. cities and unease over Washington’s...
Lithuanian babies crawl to glory despite lockdown
It took 13 seconds for Olivija, a 9-month-old girl, to crawl 5 meters from her family’s living room to the kitchen to be declared the...
UK is following scientific advice on cautious lockdown easing, minister says
The British government is following scientific advice in cautiously easing the coronavirus lockdown, Business Secretary Alok Sharma said on Monday, after criticism from some prominent...
AstraZeneca-Merck Lynparza gets EMA’s positive recommendation
Drugmakers AstraZeneca Plc and Merck & Co Inc said on Monday their blockbluster cancer drug, Lynparza, has received positive recommendation from the European Medicines Agency...
Hyundai Motor’s May sales down 39% as virus hits auto demand
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor said on Monday its provisional May sales fell 39% on year to 217,510 vehicles globally, as the impact of COVID-19 continued to...
Exclusive: Russia, after approving Japanese COVID-19 drug, to roll out ‘game changer’ next week
Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it described...
Oil prices edge up ahead of upcoming OPEC+ meeting
Oil prices were little changed on Monday, with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) considering meeting as soon as this week to discuss...
Japan parliament to debate second extra budget for pandemic relief next week
Japan’s government will submit to parliament early next week a second extra budget to fund a new $1.1 trillion stimulus package to cushion the economic...
South Africa partly lifts lockdown to try to fix battered economy
South Africa partly lifted a two month-old coronavirus lockdown on Monday, letting people outside for work, worship, exercise or shopping, and allowing mines and factories...
AstraZeneca’s heart drug gets FDA nod
AstraZeneca Plc said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its drug for reducing the risk of a first heart attack or...