BASF, Siemens, Henkel, Roche target of cyber attacks
German blue-chip companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel along with a host of others said on Wednesday they had been victims of cyber attacks, confirming a German...
Japan’s Tepco to decommission second Fukushima nuclear station
Tokyo Electric Power said on Wednesday it plans to decommission its Fukushima Daini nuclear station, located a few miles south of the bigger Fukushima Daiichi...
Iran defense minister says no Iranian drone has been downed
No Iranian drone has been brought down, the ISNA news agency quoted Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami on Wednesday as saying, after the U.S. military...
Police raid cybersecurity firm over Bulgaria’s biggest data breach
Police investigating Bulgaria’s biggest-ever data breach have detained a manager of a cybersecurity company, raided its offices and seized computers, they said on Wednesday....
UAE’s du says U.S. ban on Huawei not an issue for 5G network
United Arab Emirates telecoms company du has discussed U.S. restrictions on Huawei with the Chinese company and believes they will not hamper its 5G network,...
South Korea protests Japan’s ‘grave’ plan to drop it from smooth-trade list
South Korea protested on Wednesday against a Japanese plan to remove it from a list of countries that face minimum trade restrictions, saying it would...
Philippines’ Jollibee buying Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in overseas expansion
Jollibee Foods Corp , Philippines’ largest food service network operator, is buying U.S. brand Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) for $100 million as part...
Deutsche Bank suffers $3.5 billion loss on road to reinvention
Deutsche Bank reported a bigger than forecast quarterly loss of 3.15 billion euros ($3.5 billion), underlining the challenges it faces as it attempts to turn...
Puerto Rico protests take a toll on tourism
Protests that have rocked the U.S. territory Puerto Rico have left local business owners suffering the consequences, as cruise ships cancel stops to the capital...
African swine fever hits another pig farm in northeast Bulgaria
Bulgaria has detected another outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm for pigs near the Danube city of Ruse in the north east...