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The Japanese government has given up on approving Fujifilm Holdings Corp's Avigan drug for the treatment of COVID-19 by the end of May, Kyodo News reported late on Monday.

Billionaire mogul Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit company aborted its first attempt to launch a rocket into space from the belly of a 747 airplane on Monday, the company announced.

The White House on Monday brought forward by two days restrictions on travel to the United States from Brazil that were announced after the Latin American country became the world's No. 2 coronavirus hotspot.

Argentina's Buenos Aires Province extended the deadline for bond restructuring talks until June 5, according to a statement issued by the provincial government on Monday, altering its previous deadline that had been set for Tuesday.

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expects the Supreme Court to find no wrongdoing and end an investigation into potential political interference in the federal police, according to a statement from the presidential palace on Monday.

Renault and Nissan have shelved plans to push towards the full merger former leader Carlos Ghosn craved and will instead fix their troubled alliance to try to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, five senior sources told Reuters.

Air New Zealand on Tuesday said it is expecting to report an underlying loss for the 2020 financial year as the coronavirus crisis bit into the company's revenue after bringing travel to a halt.

FIFA have provisionally suspended Haiti’s football federation president Yves Jean-Bart for 90 days while investigations are carried out into claims that he sexually abused young female footballers at the country's national training centre.

Canada's main stock index rose on Monday, helped by gains for financial shares, as investors welcomed a stronger-than-expected rebound in German business morale.

German payments firm Wirecard postponed the publication of final 2019 results for a third time late on Monday, citing delays in finalising audit procedures. The annual general meeting has been postponed to Aug. 26, Wirecard added.

Syria said on Monday it would lift an overnight curfew starting Tuesday and allow movement between governorates, easing coronavirus lockdown measures even as the health ministry reported the largest single-day increase in cases.

(RTTNews) - The Canadian stock market opened higher on Monday, stayed firm right through the session and ended on a strong note amid optimism the economy will gradually recover following several countries relaxing lockdown restrictions and reopening their economies.

Air New Zealand on Tuesday said it is expecting to report an underlying loss for the 2020 financial year as the coronavirus crisis bit into the company's revenue after bringing travel to a halt.

Bpifrance has raised nearly 4.2 billion euros ($4.6 billion) for a new fund to shore up the capital base of big listed French companies, the French public investment bank said on Monday.

Novavax Inc said on Monday it has started the Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel coronavirus vaccine candidate and has enrolled the trial's first participants, with preliminary results slated for July.

The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on Monday as global stocks rose and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said the economy will need significant monetary stimulus in the rebuilding stage of the coronavirus crisis.

Brazil's government hopes to borrow $4 billion from multilateral lending organizations to finance expenses related to the coronavirus crisis, including emergency supplementary payments and other social support programs.

Japanese automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda said they are gradually restarting in Mexico as the nation's automotive industry reboots in line with a broader economic reopening, despite still-high numbers of new coronavirus cases.

Mexico on Monday posted its sharpest trade deficit on record in seasonally-adjusted terms as demand for its products abroad fell faster than imports, in a gloomy sign for Latin America's second largest economy struggling with the pandemic's fallout.

Former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield has said he is open to facing one-time rival Mike Tyson in a trilogy fight for charity on the condition that Tyson asks for the bout to be set up.