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AstraZeneca has paused global trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine after an unexplained illness in a participant, denting the British drugmaker's shares on Wednesday as the move was seen as dimming prospects for an early rollout.

Ryanair has cut its annual passenger target to 50 million passengers from a forecast of 60 million made in July, Group Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

Surekha Sikri was last seen in Zoya Akhtar's segment of the OTT-released anthology film 'Ghost Stories'. She was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday after suffering a brain stroke.

Also, the order for wearing a mask inside cars even when a motorist is alone has been withdrawn too. This had drawn resentment from motorists and many questioned its logic.

ONGC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding around 3 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, SBI, NTPC, ITC and Bajaj Finserv. On the other hand, Reliance Industries, Asian Paints, Infosys and Tech Mahindra were among the gainers.

People have begun voting in Ethiopias northern Tigray region in a local election defying the federal government and increasing political tensions in Africa's second most populous country.

The demise of a young movie star has transfixed India like no other news in a year of bad headlines.

A VW dealership in Mexico City apologized Tuesday for a photo hanging in its offices that showed a VW bug at a Nazi rally and the automaker pledged to take unspecified actions in the case.

Gold prices were steady on Wednesday as the metal was caught between a strengthening U.S. dollar and a pullback in global equities, with investors awaiting monetary policy strategies from central banks.

Elearning company iHuman Inc filed for a U.S. listing on Tuesday, joining a string of recent initial public offerings by Chinese firms even as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate.

Chinese voicechat app Yalla Group Ltd on Tuesday filed for a U.S. listing, looking to enter a rebounding market for initial public offerings against the backdrop of rising tensions between Beijing and Washington.

The emergency effort to expand the Army’s stockpiles of extreme-weather tents, fibre-reinforced plastic igloos and specialised snow-boots are evidence that the Indian Army is preparing to have to maintain dozens of new high-altitude positions through the...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for urgent efforts to rebuild thousands of homes and other structures destroyed by a typhoon that slammed the countrys eastern region last week, state media said Wednesday.

Director Ann Hui has described her "fantastic struggle" to make her new film "Love After Love" as prodemocracy protests broke out in her home Hong Kong and then the global pandemic all but halted travel.

Asian stocks were set to come under pressure on Wednesday after Wall Street sank for the third consecutive day led by declines in heavyweight technology companies, and oil prices hit lows not seen since June.

US law requires the agency to detain shipments when there is an allegation of forced labor, such as from non-governmental organizations.