South Korea medical body chief’s response to foreign doctor hiring plan blasted as ‘clearly racist’
Thousands stopped working on February 20 to protest government plans to train more doctors, causing chaos in hospitals.
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Novavax shares spike over 100% on Sanofi deal to commercialize Covid vaccine, develop combination shots
Novavax on Friday said it has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with French drugmaker Sanofi to co-commercialize the company's Covid vaccine starting next year and develop combination shots targeting the coronavirus and the flu, among other efforts.
Chinese EV maker Zeekr prices IPO at $21, at the top end of range, reports say
Chinese electric vehicle maker Zeekr priced its initial public offering at $21 a share Thursday, at the top end of its range, according to news reports.
Vietnam’s arrest of reformist labor official could disturb bid for better trade terms with the US
BANGKOK (AP) — A senior Vietnamese official with the country’s labor ministry was arrested for “deliberately disclosing state secrets,” police announced on Thursday, a development that analysts say could hurt Vietnam’s efforts to obtain more favorable trade terms for exports to the United States.
China's Country Garden aims to pay missed coupons by next week
HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Embattled Chinese property developer Country Garden said it was unable to pay two onshore coupons due on Thursday, but China Bond Insurance Co would do so on its behalf if it missed paying within a grace period that ends next week.
Maldives FM meets Indian counterpart at frosty time in relations
NEW DELHI -- India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday told his visiting Maldivian counterpart, Moosa Zameer, that ties between the "close and proximate" neighbors depend on mutual interests and reciprocal sensitivity after bilateral relations were strained by the election last year of a pro-China president in the Maldives.
Alibaba rolls out latest version of its large language model to meet robust AI demand
Alibaba Cloud said on Thursday it released the latest version of its large language model after more than 90,000 deployments by companies.
Spain's BBVA announces $13 billion hostile takeover bid for Sabadell
Spanish bank BBVA on Thursday presented a 12.23 billion euro ($13.11 billion) takeover bid for rival Sabadell directly to shareholders, even though Sabadell's board this week already rejected the proposal on the same terms.