Facebook said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that they are toxic or cause autism. Flora Bradley-Watson reports.

Britain said it would bring in tighter border controls next week against new variants of the coronavirus, requiring hotel quarantine for arrivals and threatening rule-breakers with up to 10 years in jail and fines.

Apple iPhone 12 mini U.S. sales were just a small fraction of overall sales of its new phones during the first half of January, industry data provider Counterpoint said on Tuesday, adding to signs of muted demand for the new smaller version...

Tesla Inc expects to allow customers to pay for its electric vehicles with bitcoin soon, the automaker said on Monday, a move that could expand how the most popular cryptocurrency is used for real-world transactions. Francesca Lynagh report...

Freed from his daily obligations at Amazon, Jeff Bezos is set to focus on his rocket business, Blue Origin, according to industry sources. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

Egypt says a recently constructed 36 kilometer concrete and wire barrier encircling Sharm el-Sheikh will help protect tourism at the Red Sea resort on the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula. Emily Wither reports.

Telsa said on Monday it had invested around $1.5 billion in bitcoin and expected to begin accepting payment for its cars and other products with it in the near future, prompting a big jump in the electronic currency. Fred Katayama reports.

With Valentine's Day approaching, florists say they are seeing strong demand due to the holiday and an unprecedented number of funerals tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. This report produced by Yahaira Jacquez.

Professor Salim Abdool Karim, an adviser to the South Africa government, said on Monday that South Africa will start its immunization campaign with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine after data showed AstraZeneca's shot offered minimal pr...

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has launched a Vision Realisation Programme (VRP) 2021-2025

Tens of thousands of people rallied across Myanmar on Sunday to denounce last week's coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the biggest protests since the 2007 Saffron Revolution that helped lead to democratic re...

Some 125 people were missing in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream. Lauren Anthony reports.

A car bombing in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province on Sunday targeting an Afghan police check post killed at least one soldier and wounded two others, according to a statement of Nangarhar's governor media office.

A new case of the Ebola virus has been detected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the city of Butembo, and the infected person has died, the health ministry said on Sunday. Edward Baran reports.

The kingdom's PMI is on a high, but employment fell for the 10th time in 11 months

A team of investigators working on behalf of the World Health Organization visited on Wednesday a major virus research laboratory in China's central city of Wuhan. The team are looking into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Flora Bradle...

Almost all people previously infected with COVID-19 have high levels of antibodies for at least six months that are likely to protect them from reinfection with the disease, results of a major UK study showed on Wednesday. Soraya Ali report...

Saving money in bank accounts and buying property is popular among residents

National Guard members slept on the floors of the U.S. Capitol in Washington before the House of Representatives began debating one article of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump.

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first U.S. president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his...

Facebook has seen an increase in signals indicating potential future acts of violence associated with efforts to contest the result of the U.S. presidential election since the Capitol siege last week, a company spokeswoman told Reuters. Gav...

President Donald Trump released a video on Twitter on Wednesday evening where he did not mention impeachment at the same time House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was signing the article of impeachment against him that her chamber passed earlier in t...

Renault, BMW and Volkswagen all reported declines in sales for 2020 on Tuesday, as global brands continue to count the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ciara Lee reports

U.S. President Donald Trump, in his first remarks before the press since Dec. 8, slammed big tech companies Tuesday, saying they were doing a "horrible thing" to the country. Fred Katayama reports.

The upheaval in global labor markets triggered by the coronavirus pandemic will transform the working lives of millions of employees for good, policymakers and business leaders told a Reuters virtual forum on Tuesday.