February2021

China plans to provide 10 million doses of Covid-19 jabs to the WHO-backed international vaccine distribution program Covax, Beijing said Wednesday as it seeks to reframe perceptions of its role in the pandemic, reports BSS. The...

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp plans record high global production of 9.2 million vehicles this year, up about 2% from 2019’s pre-coronavirus output, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. The automaker has informed its main suppliers of...

Spotify Technology SA beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as the music streaming company hit 155 million paid subscribers for its premium service. Premium subscribers, who account for most of its revenue, were...

Oil giant Exxon Mobil suffered its first annual loss in decades last year as the pandemic prompted energy use to plunge. The firm lost $22.4bn (£16.4bn) as energy prices dropped – at one point falling below...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is setting up a family office in Singapore to help manage his wealth. Mr Brin is the world’s ninth-richest person with a personal fortune of $86.5bn (£63.2bn). He joins the rush of...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has posted strong results for the last quarter of 2020. The company founded by Jack Ma saw revenues up 37% against the same quarter of 2019 to 221bn yuan ($34.2bn, £25bn). But...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will become executive chairman, a move he said would give...

The Movement Control Order (MCO) has been announced for another two weeks as coronavirus infections are on the rise in Malaysia. The Movement Control Order (MCO), which came into force on January 26, was supposed to...

Researchers, advocates, and policymakers advancing global efforts to end HIV/AIDS will be honored with awards at HIVR4P // Virtual – the HIV Research for Prevention Conference, to be held 27 & 28 January and 3 &...

The first China-Laos Expressway has been launched recently. To extend the achievement to its best possible, the Vientiane to Vangvieng Expressway has been built on using smart technologies for the first-ever in Laos history. The opening...