March2021

The mayor of Auckland called for residents to be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccines after New Zealand’s biggest city was thrown into its fourth pandemic lockdown over the weekend. The seven-day lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Jacinda...

Japan’s Mizuho Bank is suffering problems at its ATMs, preventing customers from accessing some services, the lender said on its website on Sunday. Customers are unable to make withdrawals at some machines, national broadcaster NHK reported....

Cloud-communications firm Twilio Inc is in talks to invest as much as $750 million in Syniverse Technologies LLC, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The investment will be announced on Monday, which could be followed...

Danone said on Sunday it was taking a first step towards selling off its stake in its Chinese dairy partner as the French food group faces pressure from shareholders to improve its performance and governance. Danone...

AstraZeneca Plc has sold its 7.7% stake in Moderna Inc for more than $1 billion after the U.S. biotechnology company’s shares soared on the back of its coronavirus vaccine breakthrough, The Times reported. The report added...

Pope Francis is to start the first-ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday, an act of solidarity with an ancient but dwindling Christian community and a symbolic outreach to Muslims. The trip comes as Iraq, ravaged...

A US federal judge has given final permission to Facebook’s $650 million payment to resolve a privacy dispute between Facebook and 1.6 million users in the state of Illinois, reports BSS. “We are pleased to have...

The month of independence started today in Bangladesh giving a heartbreaking reminder of the genocide that the Pakistani occupation forces carried out in the country from March to mid-December in 1971, reports BSS. The month of...