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BEIJING – The head of multinational pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca’s China arm is under investigation in the country, the firm said. Mr Leon Wang, president of AstraZeneca…

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s biggest bank DBS Group said on May 8 that it has appointed Ping An Technology’s chairman and CEO Eugene Huang as its chief information officer, effective…

The head of Formula One’s governing body, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, is under investigation for allegedly interfering in the outcome of last year’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the BBC…

WASHINGTON – US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from Walter Reed hospital, he said Monday, after initially concealing his stay there from both the White House…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday warned that the situation in Hamas-ruled Gaza is declining rapidly, as he repeated desperate appeals for a ceasefire…

MOSCOW – Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Iran on Tuesday for meetings to deepen Moscow’s defence ties with Teheran, Russian news agencies reported. Moscow has…

KYIV – Ukraine’s military spy chief said on Thursday that the threat of a Russian attack on the vast Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was receding, but that it could easily return as…

BARCELONA, Spain – Barcelona president Joan Laporta insisted on Tuesday his club have never “bought referees” amid investigations into payments made to a former refereeing chief…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – IOC president Thomas Bach has told Ukraine that its calls for a boycott of the 2024 Paris Games over the possible participation of Russian competitors…

UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday told fossil fuel producers they “should not be in business” unless they are credibly aiming for…