France reported on Saturday that 5,273 people were in intensive care units (ICU) for COVID-19, a rise of 19 from the previous day, as the country entered its third nati
The Louvre Museum is empty of people as a new lockdown takes place in France to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, March 22, 2021. /CFP The French economy will expand by 5 percent in 2
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (L) and the President of the European Council Charles Michel (R) are talking to media at the end of a virtual EU Leader summit in the Jus
Members of the medical staff move a patient infected with COVID-19, in her bed, at the intensive care unit of the Andre-Gregoire intercommunal hospital, in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, on the ou
On Thursday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there would "definitely" be a role for vaccine passports for Britons going abroad and that a similar COVID certificati
02:43 U.S. President Joe Biden predicts that in about three weeks 90 percent of eligible Americans will have had their first COVID-19 vaccination. As more Americans are being vaccinate
Johnson & Johnson admits having produced a faulty batch of coronavirus vaccines at an East Baltimore facility, reportedly due to a mix-up of two ingredients that led to
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has come out in favor of ending the filibuster for voting rights bills and other "constitutional matters."Clinton expressed so
Mastercard will invest $100 million in Airtel Africa’s mobile money business, two firms said today, just two weeks after TPG’s Rise Fund also backed the telecommunications firm’s unit.The London-headq
Two weeks ago, TPG’s Rise Fund invested $200 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV) — the mobile money business of London-listed telecom Airtel Africa. After closing the deal, the B
Japanese government is planning to allow Osaka, Hyogo and Miyagi prefectures to tighten their anti-COVID restrictions with just four months before the Tokyo Olympics, reported Kyodo News Agency on Th
01:02 U.S. Border Patrolagents detained more than 100,000 migrants in February alone, a figure that’s expected to increase in the coming weeks.But because of a COVID-19 policy, most ar
A man stands near a giant sign of Chinese company ByteDance's app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, during China Fashion Week, in Beijing, China, on March 31, 2021. /Reuters ByteDance said it h
Fast-growing fintech Pipe has raised another round of funding at a $2 billion valuation, just weeks after raising $50M in growth funding, according to sources familiar with the deal.Although the round
President Joe Biden has earmarked $174 billion from his ambitious infrastructure plan to build out domestic supply chains for electric vehicles, noting the imperative for United States automakers to “
Bayern Munich's Polish forward Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring his team's fourth goal during the Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Munich, Germany, March
South Korea's Hyundai Motor plans to temporarily suspend production due to chip supply issues. /CFP South Korea's Hyundai Motor on Tuesdayannounced temporarily suspending production at its Uls