02:22 The struggling international fashion giant Esprit has closed all of its shops in China as it struggles to regain the sales it enjoyed in the 1990s and mid 2000s and its losses en
Economic ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, Japan and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed the importance of
The Global Vaccine Summit hosted by Britain virtually on Thursday drew pledges of 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, far more than its target of 7.4 billion dollars, showing "historic commitments" made by wo
The world feels as fragile as ever, and those with any options at all are looking to get away this summer.For many, planes and hotel rooms won’t be an option they consider owing to continued con
The spread of the coronavirus has been accelerating in South and Southeast Asia on Thursday as India reported 9,304 more positive cases and a peak could still be weeks away in the world's second-mos
A lot of the attention in medical technology today has been focused on tools and innovations that might help the world better fight the COVID-19 global health pandemic. Today comes news of another sta
Health officials escort an elderly woman back home under hot sun after she had a coronavirus test at a wet market in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 5, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Erik Berglöf, a for
Kitty Hawk is shutting down its Flyer program, the aviation startup’s inaugural moonshot to develop an ultralight electric flying car designed for anyone to use.The company, backed by Google co
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a news conference prior to the one-year anniversary of the mosque terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 13, 2020. /Reuters New
As the catering industry resumes business amid the subdued COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai, foreign restaurants are finding ways back into people's lives in the gastrono
Thousands of New Zealanders joined Black Lives Matter protesters in the United States on Monday by demonstrating peacefully in several Kiwi cities. Protests were seen
Beam, a Singapore-headquartered micromobility firm that offers shared e-scooters, has raised $26 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New
Greek officials said Saturday that the country will not limit arriving airline passengers next month to people coming from 29 countries but that travelers who departed
Greece announced on Friday that it will open to visitors from 29 worldwide countries – on the same day plans emerged in Bulgaria to lift a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from 26 European s
Greece's government released on Friday the first list of 29 countries allowed to send tourists to the country as of June 15 by flights to the airports of Athens and The
An estimated 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running tota
South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points in a bid to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.The interest rate was lowered from 0.75