China's factory deflation eased in July, driven by a rise in global oil prices and as industrial activity climbed back towards pre-coronavirus levels, adding to signs of recovery in the world'
Lebanon's government resigned Monday in the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating explosion at Beirut's port and angry public protests that followed, the country's prime minister announced Monday nigh
'Historically, the vice presidency has often ended up being a dead end'
“Even though we’ve been in quarantine, I’ve been busy as hell!”
Surging COVID-19 infections in big states like California, Texas and Florida are scaring shoppers away from newly reopened malls, dealing a blow to an industry that was on the ropes even before the pa
The fate of Hong Kong — whether it would retain its status as a relatively democratic and free enclave within Greater China or be pulled more tightly under Beijing’s authoritarian control — has been a matter of international concern for decades. But the pace of bad news around press freedom has quickened in recent weeks...
Mall operator Simon Property Group Inc has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc about turning some of its department-store sites into Amazon fulfillment centers, The Wall Street Journal reported https:-w
Hotel operator Marriott International on Monday reported its first quarterly loss in nearly nine years, as extended travel disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic hammered bookings.
The operator of a Japanese bulk carrier which ran aground off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean apologised on Sunday for a major oil spill which officials and environmentalists say is creating an ecologic
SYDNEY: The novel coronavirus has been detected at a second mine in Papua New Guinea, after an employee at the Lihir Mine owned by Newcrest Mining tested positive for the disease. The 30-year-old male
Microsoft Corp's bid to carve out parts of TikTok from its Chinese owner ByteDance will be a technically complex endeavor that could test the patience of President Donald Trump's administratio
Microsoft Corp has emerged as the most likely buyer of the U.S. operations of TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app that U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to effectively ban on national s
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of 13 US senators have asked the US Trade Representative's Office (USTR) to remove 25 per cent tariffs imposed in October 2019 on European Union food, wine and spiri
Royal Caribbean Group reported a quarterly net loss on Monday, as the cruise operator suffered from a coronavirus-driven halt to sailings that is now on course to last deep into the second half of 202
U.S. energy company Duke Energy Corp said Monday it took a US$1.6-billion after-tax charge in the second quarter for the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to N
Most Wall Street workers can expect to see their bonuses slashed this year and some jobs may be cut, according to a report published Monday by compensation consulting firm Johnson Associates Inc.
Trump reminds the world of the importance of foreign ownership of media. Big Tech would rather you forget.
An eight-year-old shareholder agreement signed by Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel's major owners has become a relic of the past which the ...
NEW DELHI: India's plan to regulate "non-personal" data has jolted U.S. tech giants Amazon, Facebook and Google, and a group representing them is preparing to push back against the propo
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Monday how much each large bank that underwent its 2020 stress tests will have to hold in additional capital.
MLB and NFL legend Carroll Hardy, the only player to ever pinch hit for Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski, has died. He was 87.
Chinese government-linked hackers have been targeting U.S. election infrastructure ahead of the 2020 presidential election, White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Sunday, ind
The world needs to forge a new growth strategy that emphasises the kind of technological innovation needed to address global threats, rather than those that merely increase profits and market share fo
Shares in major U.S. airlines rose on Monday after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it screened more than 800,000 people at U.S. airport checkpoints on Sunday for the first time s
REUTERS: Roper Technologies Inc, a U.S. provider of software to several industries, is in talks to acquire private equity-owned insurance software vendor Vertafore Inc for close to US$5.5 billion, peo
