August2021

Another batch of 1.77 million doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine has arrived in Dhaka through the Covax facility. At 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, the Biman flight carrying the vaccination doses arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International...

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will require all of its 18,000 employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or submit to weekly testing. The railroad also said starting Oct. 4 all new employees will...

Shakib Al Hasan added another achievement to his list of achievements on the same day that he was named the ICC Player of the Month for July. However, after his outstanding performance in the five-match T20...

Ford Motor Co’s electric vehicle battery joint venture with South Korea’s SK Innovation Co Ltd will extend beyond North America into Europe, a senior Ford executive said on Wednesday. In May, Ford announced the joint venture...

Southwest Airlines Co warned on Wednesday that the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 had hit bookings and increased cancellations, hurting its chances at profitability this quarter. The rapid surge in cases of the variant...

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization encouraged the 20 world leaders who have the authority to change the “disgraceful” worldwide disparity in access to Covid-19 vaccines to do so before October. Bruce Aylward of the World...

US President Joe Biden urged Afghan officials to unify and “fight for their country” against Taliban insurgents on Tuesday, and said he did not regret withdrawing US soldiers from the country. “Afghan leaders must unite,” Biden...

Wendy’s Co beat estimates for quarterly results and raised its forecast for annual sales on Wednesday, betting on its revamped breakfast menu to attract more customers after the easing of pandemic-related dining restrictions. Shares in the...

U.S. consumer prices increases slowed in July even as they remained at a 13-year high on an annual basis and there were tentative signs inflation has peaked as supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic work their...

Wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state television reported on Wednesday, as some of the most destructive blazes in the country’s history continued to rage. The government has...