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SINGAPORE: Singapore’s factory activity expanded slightly in July after five months of contractions. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for July...

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday (Aug 3) that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might...

Denmark's staging of the Tour de France's start, known as the 'Grand Depart', has been pushed back a year to...

SAN FRANCISCO: Fiji's Vijay Singh, a three-time major champion, has withdrawn from this week's PGA Championship with an injury, allowing...

Rory McIlroy says the coronavirus shutdown has made him more focused on adding to his tally of four major titles,...

Lewis Hamilton is uncatchable in this year's drivers' world championship, according to his main rivals. SILVERSTONE: Lewis Hamilton is uncatchable...

After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived, the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car...

DUBAI: One person is dying from COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran, state television said on Monday (Aug 3), as...

WASHINGTON: A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft for TikTok's US operations provoked an outcry on Monday (Aug 3) on Chinese...

OAKLAND, California: Microsoft's potential acquisition of short-video app TikTok carries myriad risks, thrusting it into the politically fraught social media...

LONDON: Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals,...

SHANGHAI: Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology, also known as Xiao-I, has filed a lawsuit against Apple,...

BEIJING: The founder of ByteDance, which owns social media giant TikTok, said on Monday (Aug 3) his teams were working...

LONDON: People across Britain enjoyed half-price meals on Monday (Aug 3) as the government launched its Eat Out to Help...

BURBANK, California: For Walt Disney, the ability to sell Frozen-themed water bottles at the Magic Kingdom theme park while selling...

THOUSAND OAKS, California: Rival drugmakers AbbVie, Amgen and Takeda Pharmaceuticals on Monday (Aug 3) said they have begun treating patients...

NEW YORK: Late in March, Laura Gross, 72, was recovering from gall bladder surgery in her Fort Lee, New Jersey,...

SINGAPORE: Aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce in Singapore - making...

President Donald Trump only agreed to allow Microsoft Corp to negotiate the acquisition of popular short-video app TikTok if it...

LONDON/TOKYO: Euro zone manufacturing activity expanded modestly last month, its first growth since early 2019, and Asia's pain eased as...