Intercapitalist rivalries ebb and flow and shaped modern history more than many may realize. Recall that Nixon unilaterally severed the dollar's last ties to gold, not...
Netflix said on Wednesday it will roll out 41 Indian films and shows this year, its biggest annual roster of Indian content to date, as the...
Novavax hopes its COVID-19 vaccine could be filed in the US in the second quarter, following a potential green light for the vaccine in May
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted a trial of convalescent blood plasma in the treatment of patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19 symptoms as it was...
Merck & Co. Inc. will help make rival Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot Covid-19 vaccine in a partnership set to be announced on March 2 by U.S....
COVAX will deliver 237 million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 shot to 142 countries by the end of May as the World Health Organization-backed program steps up...
Novavax Chief Executive Officer Stanley Erck believes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could grant Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the company's Covid-19 vaccine by May.
Overview: A warning from China's top banking regulator about the frothiness of foreign markets appeared to blunt the knock-on effect of yesterday's largest rise in the S&P...
A startup by an Apple alum that has become home to millions of low-skilled workers in India said on Tuesday it has raised an additional $12.5...
February was a short month, but there was no shortage of research and analysis from Brookings scholars. Here's a sample of 10 things we learned. 1....
Establishing the true cost of the planet’s energy and transport systems Credit: University of Sussex The hidden social, environmental and health costs of the world’s energy...
Key Events This Busy Week: Payrolls, PMIs And Barrage Of Fed Talking Heads While last week’s price action was all about bonds with little focus on...
Global Military Spending Hit Record High In 2020 With US In The Lead Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Despite the damage coronavirus lockdowns did to...
The Indian rupee joined the selloff in the broader emerging market currencies, testing 74.00 against its US peer at the end of the trading week. Although India has exited a technical recession, the rupee has slumped...
Beyond Oil: How UAE's HOPE Mars Mission Is Breaking The Arab World Out Of Its 'Crisis Of Scarcity' Authored by Cynthia Chung via The Strategic Culture...
Raena was founded in 2019 to create personal care brands with top social media influencers. After several launches, however, the Singapore-based startup quickly noticed an interesting...
Global 'COVID Deaths' Top 2.5 Million One Year After Start Of Pandemic The global COVID death toll has surpassed another macabre milestone: more than 2.5MM people...
Credit: Image by RAEng_Publications from Pixabay, CC0 The rapid onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has meant that many laboratories...
Israeli COVID Vaccinations Top 50%; US Daily Cases Drop Below 70K For First Time Since October Israel has just crossed a major vaccination threshold on Thursday,...
Two experts explain why the UK's vaccine programme has been a success, while abroad China, Russia and India use vaccine supplies to increase their soft power.
Overview: After several attempts, the euro has pushed above $1.22, and the Australian dollar has surpassed $0.8000 as the greenback remains under broad pressure against the...
Poor infrastructure continues to hinder economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, according to a recent publication by McKinsey and Company, the region’s attempts to address these...
Is the world on the verge of reaching peak oil? Here's a look at what peak oil is, plus the arguments for and against the peak...
Many health experts believe that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate NVX-CoV237 offers potential advantages over competitors including Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, J&J, and AstraZeneca-Oxford.
By Kristalina Georgieva As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to climb back from the worst recession in...
As the world has focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, other microbial foes are waging war on humans. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a growing threat. But viruses may...
Overview: The sharp recovery in US shares yesterday that saw the S&P 500 snap a five-day slide failed to carry into Asia Pacific trading earlier today. ...
by Davide Furceri, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Anthony C.K. Tan Asian economies are performing better than expected. In the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook Update, we...
The former European Central Bank supremo has been generally seen as a good hire for Italy, but there are also global issues at play.
These Countries Have Yet To Start COVID-19 Vaccinations As the United States pledges $4 billion to support COVAX and the equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines worldwide,...