DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Human trials of a Chinese vaccine in the United Arab Emirates have yielded positive results, the UAE’s national health authorities said Wednesday, citing an 86%... Read more
Bill Gates has predicted there could be as many as half a dozen Covid-19 vaccines approved and ready for distribution by the spring of 2021, as medical advancements to combat the coronaviru... Read more
Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com said it has become the first online platform to accept the country’s digital currency. The announcement on Saturday comes as part of another real-world major t... Read more
With the recent spate of bond defaults in China, investors should be looking to put their money into Chinese central government bonds which are “unlikely to default,” according to an economi... Read more
Moderna said Monday it will request emergency clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its coronavirus vaccine after new data confirms the vaccine is more than 94% effective in pr... Read more
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford are defending the results and methods used in their phase three vaccine trials on the back of criticism from experts in the U.S., stressing the “high... Read more
The U.S. needs to take a “strategic approach” as it competes with China on artificial intelligence, according to a Nasdaq executive. AI is an area that is going to only develop in partnershi... Read more
British telcos could face large fines if they fail to tighten security in their networks under a new law being announced in Parliament on Tuesday. The proposed Telecommunications Security Bi... Read more
China’s government made two significant appointments over the weekend, assigning two former bankers to key positions that underscore President Xi Jinping’s policy priorities for the next few... Read more
Hongkongers have used 2 billion disposable masks since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, a local green group has said, urging the government to issue guidelines to encourage the use... Read more
