AstraZeneca has expanded its agreement with cell therapy firm Oxford Biomedica to mass-produce its COVID-19 potential vaccine, as it looks to scale-up supply ahead of a possible U.S. fast-track approval.
China was the most enthusiastic country with 97% of respondents indicating they would be vaccinated, while Russia was the least willing with only 54% interested to do so.
Zoom continues to benefit from the coronavirus pandemic after going public last year, and expectations are now higher for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Maersk will cut jobs in a major shake-up that will affect a third of the shipping giant's staff as it seeks to integrate its seaborne container and in-land logistics businesses, it said on Tuesday.
Official figures put the jobless rate in the region at 7.9% for the month of July, as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the region continues to be felt.
Donohoe told CNBC Friday the importance of the EU-U.K. talks have been heightened by the global economy being gripped by Covid-19 developments in the last few months.
The president of the Czech Republic's Senate addressed Taiwan's national legislature on Tuesday, offering a strong rebuke to authoritarian politics and Beijing's increasingly aggressive foreign policy.
South Korean prosecutors indicted Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee on charges of manipulating stock prices and breach of trust in order to cement control of the group, a prosecution official said on Tuesday.
A private survey released Tuesday showed Chinese manufacturing activity in August expanding at the fastest pace in nearly a decade, with the Caixin/Markit manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index coming in at 53.1 for the month.
Some economists in China lay out their view on what high-level political talk of "dual circulation" means for China's role in international trade going forward.