Business Recorder

WASHINGTON: BioNTech of Germany and the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer reported positive preliminary results on...

PARIS: The UN agency overseeing international aviation cut the Covid-hit industry some slack this week by modifying ...

BEIJING: China on Wednesday ordered four US news outlets to disclose details of their staff and financial operations...

WASHINGTON: Britain and Germany said Wednesday they had sufficient stocks of remdesivir, the first drug to be shown...

RIYADH: Saudis braced Wednesday for a tripling in value added tax, another unpopular austerity measure after the ...

PARIS: France said Wednesday it was suspending its participation in a NATO Mediterranean maritime security operation...

GENEVA: The global coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with the...

TEHRAN: Iran, Russia and Turkey, which support opposing sides in Syria's war, agreed Wednesday to coordinate their...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested about 370 people Wednesday - including 10 under China's new national security...

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has approved a plan to slash the US military presence in Germany by 9,500 troops,...

TOKYO: Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has plunged to its worst level since the global financial...

GENEVA: The coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from $1.2 to $3.3 trillion in lost...

LONDON: Politicians and unions said Wednesday the loss of 1,700 jobs at British plants run by Airbus - part of...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Thousands of Palestinians protested Wednesday in Gaza against Israel's West Bank annexation...

NEW YORK: Tesla engineered its latest coup Wednesday, becoming the world's richest car company while two of ...

OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Hundreds of people in Indian-occupied Kashmir staged protests on Wednesday, accusing government...

• Health authorities announced there were now 51,524 cases of the COVID-19 disease in the country and that 2,050 people had died of the virus, while 26,267 people had recovered.

• The Big Apple is due to enter phase three of a four-phase reopening plan on Monday but officials have postponed plans to allow restaurants to sit customers inside with limited capacity.

• Tedros reiterated that taking a "comprehensive approach" was the best way to rein in the virus.

• "The number of cases reported in June alone is higher than the total number of cases reported during the four months following the first reported case in the Region on 29 January," he said.