Moderna separately said the deal for its vaccine is worth $1.53 billion and will give the federal government the option to purchase up to 400 million additional doses.
ABN Amro is to end all trade and commodity financing after a string of losses, in a massive overhaul of its activities that will see the Dutch bank cut 800 jobs.
J. Stephen Morrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to score "a domestic win" with the planned rollout of Russia's vaccine.
Investors continue to monitor coronavirus developments. Russia claimed to have developed a vaccine, while the U.S. was at a stalemate over virus aid talks.
The three largest Singapore banks warned that the global environment remains uncertain even though some business activity has picked up as economies reopen from coronavirus lockdown measures.
President Donald Trump's TikTok ban may prevent U.S. app stores from offering the popular short-video app and make advertising on the platform illegal, according to a White House document seen by Reuters.
The game was originally slated to come out with the launch of the Xbox Series X console, which will become available in November, Microsoft said on Tuesday. Now the video game will become available sometime in 2021.
The last pieces are in place for the announcement of presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's vice presidential running mate, which is expected possibly as early as Tuesday.
Ghislaine Maxwell is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, obtain young girls to be sexually abused.