These days, foreign journalists are facing unprecedented challenges in China.A March report from the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) finds that in 2019, “82% of [foreign] reporters [in China] experienced interference or harassment or violence while reporting. . . . 43% said digital/physical surveillance affected reporting. And 70% reported interviews cancelled due to actions […]

Lonza is confident that U.S. and Swiss plants it is building to help make Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate will be ready for commercial production this year, executives at the Swiss company said on Tuesday. New production lines at Lonza’s site in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, aim to start making vaccine ingredients in November, while three lines […]

(Bloomberg) — The record $40 billion deal for wireless carrier NTT Docomo Inc. is sparking discussion of whether an even bigger Japanese buyout could be in the works: SoftBank Group Corp.Founder Masayoshi Son has debated for years whether to take his conglomerate private because of a persistent discount between his stock and the perceived value […]

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Chief Steve Dickson is due to conduct a two-hour evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX on Wednesday, a key milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after two fatal crashes. Dickson, a former military and commercial pilot, and other FAA and Boeing pilots are […]

The move comes five months after it cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two.

 * UAE: Palestinian state at ’67 lines a must despite peace deal with Israel  Palestinians have charged that the UAE and Bahrain had betrayed them by singing normalization deals with Israel. * UN will ‘lose its right to exist’ if it doesn’t treat Israel fairly, envoy says Ahead of Netanyahu’s General Assembly speech, Gilad Erdan warns international body must […]

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Chinese State media boss Yang Jingzhong has spoken for the first time about being raided by ASIO in front of his daughter on the same day as Labour MP Shaoquett Moselmane.

A total of 82 cases are confirmed at the hospital, double the number a week earlier as the Health Board announced this morning it was now taking ‘robust action’ with restrictions from 2pm today

John Lewis has launched an online feature that means customers can ‘visit’ its Oxford Street department store without leaving their sofa. It comes after the company lost £635m in six months.