More than 80 percent of the US drugmaker Pfizer’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine has already been sold to the richest governments across the world, according to an analysis by a UK-based campaign group.
Hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of companies in Japan introducing early retirement plans has more than doubled this year.
Leaders of Southeast Asian countries have congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on his winning the race for the White House.
Japan has hosted the first international sports organization since the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, local media reported.
S President-elect Joe Biden officially declared victory on Saturday, pledging to be a president who will work to mend the nation’s divisions and “make America respected around the world again”.
With Joe Biden the projected winner of the 2020 White House race, his running mate, Kamala Harris, is set to mark several firsts in Americas’ political history despite being the first woman vice president-elect.
World leaders on Saturday congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their capturing the White House, as projected by major media outlets.
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden seem to be in the home stretch of the fiercely fought presidential race, but vote recounts in some key swing states could still determine who captures the crown.
A Republican businessman and candidate for North Dakota’s state legislature appears to have won office after succumbing to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) last month, according to multiple reports published Wednesday.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden took an early election night lead Tuesday, outpacing US President Donald Trump in this year’s race for the White House with voting still underway across much of the country.
The death toll in Turkey from Friday’s magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Aegean Sea has risen to 76, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said early Monday.
Over 80 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of the US’s November 3 presidential election, a running tally from the US Elections Project found Thursday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that the economy of the Asia and Pacific region started to recover “tentatively, but at multiple speeds”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday a second coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine has been granted regulatory approval.
Faster progress on medical solutions against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) could quicken countries’ economic recovery, projected to add almost USD9 trillion to global income by 2025, the IMF’s managing director has said.
Latin America and the Caribbean have reported at least 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 370,000 deaths, plunging the region into its worst health, economic and social crisis in recent history.