A group of journalists in Japan called on Myanmar’s junta on Tuesday to free a colleague, Yuki Kitazumi, detained in Yangon following a crackdown on media amid ongoing protests against the military overthrow of an elected government.”We want the junta to stop oppressing the citizens of Myanmar, and we seek the swift release of the…
Health and ScienceChina is starting clinical trials of a Covid vaccine that can be inhaledPublished Mon, Apr 19 20211:13 AM EDTUpdated Mon, Apr 19 20212:22 AM EDTYen Nee Lee@YenNee_LeeShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsChina's CanSino Biologics will start clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine administered through inhalation…
TechChina may test its digital currency with foreign visitors at the 2022 Beijing Winter OlympicsPublished Sun, Apr 18 202110:49 PM EDTArjun Kharpal@ArjunKharpalShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailKey PointsChina is trying to make it possible for foreign athletes and visitors to use its digital currency during the Beijing Winter…
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 28, 2020 at Wall Street in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images US shares fell on Monday as technology shares dragged indexes lower. Investors remain cautious over the slew of corporate earnings ahead as well as the ongoing…
(Adds analyst comment, detail, chart)MELBOURNE, April 20 (Reuters) – Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd reported lower quarterly iron ore output on Tuesday as wet weather and labour shortages impacted its mine and port operations in Western Australia.Above average wet weather in the mines and workforce availability disrupted maintenance during the quarter, Rio said, while Tropical…
Analysis: Why corporate net-zero ambitions rest on China and U.S. delivering on their climate accord
The announcement at the weekend that the U.S. and China will rise above strained relations over issues like human rights to work together on climate change was a huge boost for hopes for meaningful increase in ambition at critical climate talks in Glasgow later this year.A man and a child look at a BMW X7…
Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until June 15, 2021 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) – Get Report, if they purchased the Company’s American Depositary Receipts…
The Friday Market MinuteGlobal stocks hit a fresh record high after blowout data from China, and yesterday’s stronger-than-expected retail sales and jobs figures from the U.S., cement the case for a surging post-pandemic recovery.China expands at a first quarter clip of 18.3%, the fastest on record, as March retail sales rise more than 30% from…
BEIJING, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from investinchina.chinadaily.com.cn: The world’s second-largest economy grew by 2.3 percent in 2020, and it is likely to be the only major economy to have achieved annual growth, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Breaking through the 11 trillion yuan ( $1.71 trillion) threshold, Guangdong has…
MINNEAPOLIS, April 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Half of the children who developed the serious condition associated with COVID-19 called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) had neurologic symptoms or signs when they entered the hospital, according to preliminary research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 73rd Annual Meeting being held virtually April…