The Nikkei share average was down 0.28 per cent at 29,668.74, as of 0202 GMT, while the broader Topix slipped 0.23 per cent to 1,953.80.

The new variant, known as 501.V2, is dominant among new confirmed infections in South Africa, according to health officials and scientists ...

"There is a high risk of further resurgence in the first weeks and months of 2021, and we will need to work together if we are to succeed i...

Swedish fashion retailer H&M says its sales fell 10 per cent in the fourth quarter as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic stalled cons...

The researchers believe that the resurgence of the virus where community transmission was not eliminated in the second quarter, alongside u...

He also extended rules making face coverings compulsory in more indoor settings. “Our assessment is that we should now squeeze that brake p...

A growing proportion of such cases in a city’s resurgence pushes governments, like in Australia and Hong Kong, to take broad and blunt acti...

Brent crude was up by 1 cent, or 0.02%, at $42.36 a barrel by 1338 GMT, and U.S. oil was up 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $39.66 a barrel.

The Australian dollar sank 0.65% to its U.S. counterpart after the announcement, last trading at $0.6928.

B20 wanted to get consensus from the business world on how governments can better support the private sector during the crisis, protect the...

Foreign institutional investors (FII) were net buyers in the capital market, as they bought shares worth Rs 424 crore in the previous tradi...

Silver and platinum also gained, while palladium was little changed.

Worries over a possible second virus wave weighed on prices, with the number of cases surpassing 8 million globally.

Brent settled at $38.73 a barrel, up 18 cents, while West Texas Intermediate settled at $36.26 a barrel, down 8 cents.

The benchmark Nikkei average fell 0.5 per cent to 20,267.05, with cyclical sectors leading the declines.

Spot gold climbed 0.1% to $1,704.23 an ounce by 0030 GMT. US gold futures gained 0.1% to $1,708.10.

New York, June 26 (IANS) Researchers have found that protein found in human semen significantly increases Ebola virus infection, explaining...