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The police chief of Karachi told Reuters the gunmen attacked with grenades and guns after pulling up in a silver Corolla car.

Amazon warehouse workers have gone on strike in Germany after staff tested positive for the coronavirus.

The European Central Bank (ECB) could expand its bond-buying program by a further 1 trillion euros ($1.12 trillion) over the next two to three years as inflation takes center stage, according to Berenberg European Economist Florian Hense.

Julian Assange's lawyer said on Monday he was surprised U.S. authorities issued a new and wider indictment last week against the WikiLeaks founder whom they are seeking to extradite from Britain.

The New York Times reported that the White House hasn't acted after U.S. officials determined months ago a Russian military intelligence unit offered Afghan militants or criminals bounties to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt have donated to a Cambridge University program that is designed to equip young researchers with machine learning and artificial intelligence skills that have the potential to accelerate their research.

BP will sell its global petrochemicals business to billionaire Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos for $5 billion, the oil major said on Monday.

Wirecard's dramatic fall from grace has thrust corporate governance and industry regulation in Germany firmly in the spotlight.

David Howell Evans, known as the "the Edge" and Adam Clayton, from the rock band U2, are backing a new technology fund in Ireland, which is aiming to raise 100 million euros ($112 million).

France President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party received a drubbing on Sunday in municipal elections, as the Greens celebrated victories in several big cities after a surge in support.

Taiwan's economy has held up better than most Asian countries, thanks in part to how well it handled the coronavirus outbreak, said an economist from research house Capital Economics.

China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and somewhat efficient, the company said on Monday.

Renewed limits on social activities has dampened the pace of recovery, as evident from the nearly 69% drop in tourism revenue during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival that officially ended Saturday.

Airbus is assuming a 40% drop in production over the next two years due to the coronavirus crisis, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury was quoted on Monday as saying.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced his decision to call for a general election on July 10, as the country continues to ease its partial lockdown measures.

Investors could increasingly be looking to Singapore as a safe place to invest in as uncertainty roils the region, the investment bank said.

Stocks in Asia Pacific fell in Monday afternoon trade as the number of coronavirus cases globally continues to rise.

To pay for a trip to Mars, Elon Musk's SpaceX intends to transform the Earth, blanketing the planet in internet coverage beamed down from Starlink satellites and generating billions in revenue. There's a lot of work left to do on the ground.

There are still no drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat Covid-19.

Starbucks is the latest company said it will pause advertising on "all social media platforms" and promises to have discussions internally and with media partners and civil rights organizations to stop the spread of hate speech.