Germany's BioNTech revises its vaccine factory network plans in Africa.

BioNTech SE is revising plans to construct a manufacturing network of vaccine plants in three countries in Africa, just over a year after breaking ground on the first facility in Rwanda.

According to people familiar with the project who requested anonymity to discuss confidential inform...

Germany arrest Syrian suspected of planning Islamist attack

Officials announced on Tuesday that German authorities have arrested a Syrian man suspected of plotting an Islamic extremist-inspired attack involving explosives.

Federal police reported that officers apprehended the 28-year-old man early Tuesday morning in the northern city of Hamburg ...

For individuals 60 and older, RSV vaccination is advised by FDA specialists. Future plans

The second of two new vaccines intended for persons 60 and older to avoid serious illness was declared safe and effective for older adults on Wednesday by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel. The RSV vaccine is still being reviewed by the agency. The FDA commissioner must still provide ...

Japan plans a 56% rise in defense spending over the next five years

On Monday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida directed that the country's defense budget be increased by 56% over the next five years to 43 trillion yen.

In response to regional challenges from nuclear-armed North Korea and a more assertive China, the government is revising its m...

Sony plans to construct a new semiconductor factory in the southwest of Japan

The Sony Group Corp is reportedly planning to invest several hundred billion yen in a new plant in southwestern Japan to manufacture semiconductors used in smartphones.

The new Sony facility in Kumamoto Prefecture is expected to begin operations in fiscal 2025 or later, and building mig...

A judge in the United States has blocked the Penguin Random House merger, crushing Bertelsmann's development plans.

A US federal judge barred the €2.3 billion merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster on Monday after concluding that the transaction may "substantially" impair competition "in the market for the US publishing rights to expected best-selling novels."

Ahead of the most recent U.S. jobs reading, Asian stock markets decline

On Friday's Asian stock market action was uneven ahead of U.S. jobs data that could support Federal Reserve plans for larger interest rate increases to curb rising inflation.

Seoul, Tokyo, and Hong Kong all withdrew as Shanghai moved forward. Over $1.50 per barrel was added to the p...

Singapore updates national security strategy to protect its infrastructure from cyber threats

Highlights

• Singapore updates cyber security strategy to protect from cyber threats
• This strategy will be studying 11 entities in critical sectors

Singapore has updated national cybersecurity strategy, in order to protect its infrastr...

BITCOIN & OTHER CRYPTOCURRENCIES SUFFER HUGE LOSSES THANKS TO BIDEN'S TAX PLANS

Highlights

• A report by Bloomberg stated that investors earning $1 million or more would have to pay a tax of 39.6 percent on any capital gains, which happens to be nearly double than the existing rate

• The most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin went down by 5 percent...

iSELECT AGREED ON MISLEADING CUSTOMERS, FINED $8.5M

HIGHLIGHTS

• The online product comparison website, iSelect, has been fined $8.5m in the wake of conceding in the central court that its energy value examination administration misdirected clients

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commissio...

ANDREW CUOMO: LOW-RISK CULTURAL ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CAN REOPEN IN NEW YORK CITY SOON

Highlights

• It will all be operated at reduced capacity
• Masks shall be worn essentially

On Friday, Andrew Cuomo said that from August 24, low-risk cultural activities and art centers can open in New York City. It includes aquariums, m...

FAT LOSS: HOW DOES IT WORK?

Everybody in general desire to be fit and stay lean. Interestingly, lean is always taken to be the parameter for being fit. Fit and leans being the mantra of a healthy life, ideally here is where we talk about fat loss, an effective way to live better. 

Let us begin with what do we...

Big Telecom plans for massive digital infrastructure investment by Hamilton

On Thursday, 23 January, Hamilton City announced it will invest $400 million in updating its digital infrastructure by a major Canadian telecommunications company.

The City states in a press release that Bell Canada will spend nearly $400 million in increasing broadband Internet service...

ALBERTSONS PLANS FOR AN IPO

Highlights

• Plans for an initial public offering
• Discussion with Securities and Exchange Commission

Even though tensions are mounting with unions and an influential US agency over a soon-to-be insolvent pension plan, the Supermarket g...

ACCOR HOTELS PLANS TO REMOVE TRAVEL SIZED TOILETRIES

Highlights

• It will remove travel-sized toiletries from its rooms
• Eco-friendly initiative

Worldwide hotel chain namely Accor Hotels plans to remove travel-sized toiletries from its rooms. The company operates under forty brands which ...

Portuguese fishing authority plans to invest nearly € 500,000 in renovations at the Olhão port

The port is described as "the most important in the Algarve," in terms of both the quantity of fish sold and the revenue.

Most of the money–around € 250,000–will be spent on renovating the gutters at the port and the areas around the docks. Works are expected ...

Are diet pills good enough to maintain weight

Obesity is one of the most important factors causing many diseases like metabolic illnesses and cardiovascular diseases. Obesity becomes a serious issue in later years of life, as it becomes almost impossible to get back to the original shape. Umpteen diet plans, rigorous exercises etc. will requ...

IKEA boss aims to transition to clean energy lifestyle

IKEA recently declared their aim to become a fossil fuel free furnishings chain. The CEO of Ingka Holding which controls 374 of 423 Ikea stores, Jesper Brodin has started inculcating the sustainable habits at home. He plans to scrap his petrol-powered car to a clean energy vehicle soon.

Molecular Data plans for IPO

Molecular Data(MKD) has filed for its $69 million U.S. Initial public offering. The firm works as an online marketplace for the chemical industry in China. MKD has grown its marketplace significantly.

The company was founded to develop an online marketplace. This will help chemical indu...

MI6 building plans disappear: Construction monster Balfour Beatty is sacked from repair of Secret Service home office after significant security rupture saw format and caution subtleties lost

A top development firm was sacked from its repair of the MI6 central station after a significant security rupture; it was accounted for the previous evening. Balfour Beatty was chopped out from the task after more than 100 diagrams laying out designs and caution frameworks disappeared from the ho...