Clamour is increasing for voluntary patent pool but we need to provide incentives to find a vaccine
European leaders are arguing for a “patent pool” that would effectively put a vaccine in common ownership. Last week, Oxfam...
Linda J. Dodson
Financial districts strive to become more family friendly
Artist Grayson Perry was so fed up with bankers insisting that the alpha-male culture of the City had changed in...
Fourth Indonesian sailor dumped from Chinese boat, report claims
JAKARTA -- A fourth dead Indonesian crew member was dumped overboard by a Chinese fishing vessel, this time off the coast of...
Xi praises WHO and says vaccine will be a ‘global public good’
SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- Chinese President Xi Jinping painted his country as a global leader at the World Health Organization's annual meeting...
Tesla and Panasonic reopen talks on Gigafactory investment
OSAKA -- Panasonic and Tesla have revived talks on investment to boost output of electric-vehicle batteries at the Gigafactory in...
SoftBank taps Alibaba stake to raise $11.5bn after huge loss
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group said Monday it would raise $11.5 billion using its holdings of Alibaba Group stock, part of...
Xi praises WHO and says vaccine will be made global public good
SHANGHAI/TOKYO -- In an address to the annual meeting of the World Health Organization, Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to...
US slams WHO and China for excluding Taiwan from key meeting
TOKYO/NEW YORK -- The U.S. condemned the World Health Organization on Monday for bowing to Chinese pressure to not invite Taiwan as...
TikTok to present at IAB NewFronts for 1st time
Brief: Social video app TikTok for the first time will pitch advertisers at the NewFronts, the Interactive Advertising Bureau's yearly...
M&M’s crowdsources next TV spot via virtual coloring book
Dive Brief: M&M's developed a virtual coloring book at helpuscolor.mms.com, providing consumers a chance to be featured in the brand's...
