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Taiwan's export orders grew at their fastest pace in nearly two years in June, boosted by strong demand for telecommuting products such as laptops, as the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of people around the world to work from home.

The euro retreated after hitting a 19-week high of $1.1467 on Monday after EU summit chairman Charles Michel said a recovery fund to revive economies hit by the COVID-19 pandemic could contain 390 billion euros in grants.

EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a coronavirus rescue plan, sending the euro to a four-month high. [nL5N2ER02D]

(RTTNews) - Synairgen plc (SNG.L) announced Monday positive results from its clinical trial of SNG001, its wholly-owned inhaled formulation of interferon beta, in hospitalised COVID-19 patients. The company noted that patients who received SNG001 had a 79 percent lower risk of d

Oilfield services firm BJ Services filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early on Monday, following a severe cut in demand and cash crunch due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse when training for sport after documenting the experiences of over 800 athletes in 50 sports.

Britain's GSK said on Monday it would invest 130 million pounds ($163 million) to buy a 10% stake in Germany's CureVac, launching a collaboration to develop up to five mRNA-based vaccines with technology already being used by the biotech company to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

Asian shares posted gains on Monday and the euro rose to four-month highs, as EU leaders appeared to make some headway after three days of haggling on a plan to revive their economies, even as coronavirus cases increased in many countries.

A rare trading card of NBA great LeBron James' 2003-04 rookie campaign with the Cleveland Cavaliers fetched $1.84 million at auction over the weekend, the league has said.

Executives from U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs would resume negotiations with the Malaysian government this week over the recovery of assets lost in the scandal at sovereign fund 1MDB, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said on Monday.

The euro jumped to a four-month high against the dollar on Monday, boosted by European leaders saying progress was being made in talks to take on debt jointly to help their economies.

(RTTNews) - GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK, GSK.L) and CureVac have signed a strategic collaboration agreement for the research, development, manufacturing and commercialisation of up to five mRNA-based vaccines and monoclonal antibodies. GlaxoSmithKline noted that the new collaborati

Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID-19 vaccines from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva, the business ministry said on Monday.

Indonesia's rupiah led declines among emerging Asian currencies on Monday after the country overtook China with the most confirmed coronavirus cases in East Asia, while the resignation of a fifth cabinet member in five days hit the Thai baht.

Emirates NBD on Monday posted a 58% fall in second-quarter profit as Dubai's largest bank made higher provisions in anticipation of further impact from the coronavirus pandemic.

EBay Inc is in advanced talks to sell its classified-ads unit to Norwegian group Adevinta as the online auction pioneer seeks to refocus on its core marketplace business, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

EU leaders stood at an impasse on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the chairman of their near-record-length summit urged them to make one last push on "mission impossible".

(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Monday amid worries about the rising number of coronavirus cases around the world and on caution ahead of the release of major corporate earnings results this week.

(RTTNews) - Quest Diagnostics received emergency use approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a new laboratory technique to coronavirus testing that combines test samples in batches instead of running them one by one, speeding up the process.

European leaders stood at an impasse and markets on edge on Monday after three days of haggling over a coronavirus rescue plan had yet to produce an agreement. [nL5N2ER02D]