Buildings and houses crumbled like playing cards, trapped under them were hundreds of citizens.

The hunt for an effective treatment continued meanwhile, with the US launching trials of an antibody treatment for Covid-19.

Dubai: Dubai attracted foreign direct investments of Dh12 billion in the first six months of 2020, split across 190 projects.  These were in key sectors such as technology, e-commerce, and pharmaceutical, according to the Dubai FDI Monitor data released by Dubai Investment Development Agency. See More Millions return to lockdown in Philippines as COVID-19 cases soar […]

Lebanon’s PM Diab called on ‘friendly countries’ to support a country already reeling from its worst economic crisis in decades and the coronavirus pandemic.

New York: A Trump Organization helicopter featured in the opening credits of The Apprentice with now-President Donald Trump is for sale. The 1989 Sikorsky S-76B, painted red, white and blue, registration N76DT, is listed for sale without a price on controller.com. Helivalue, a helicopter appraisal business, values similar models at $400,000 to $950,000. See More Photos: […]

Rival drugmakers AbbVie Inc, Amgen Inc and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Inc on Monday said they have begun treating patients in a trial to quickly show whether a drug from each company can be repurposed and used against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The COVID-19 pandemic is an “all hands on deck moment,” David […]

Ford Motor said its chief executive, Jim Hackett, will retire October 1, ending a three-year run in which the automaker has worked with mixed results to streamline its operations and focus its business on electric cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Hackett, 65, will be succeeded by James D. Farley Jr., who had been named chief operating […]

he test must have been conducted within 96 hours of the flight.