COVID-19

Discount Retailer B&M's Holiday Sales Soar, To Pay Special Dividend

British discount retailer B&M reported on Thursday a 22.5% jump in holiday quarter sales and announced a special dividend, as it benefited from low...

China Meat Association Calls For Exporters To Disinfect Shipments To Prevent COVID

Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to...

'Sick Man Of Europe': UK Cut Off Over Fears About New COVID Strain

The United Kingdom was on Monday shut off from much of Europe after its closest allies cut transport ties due to fears about a new strain of the coronaviru...

BAT's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Gets FDA Approval For Human Study

British American Tobacco, the maker of Dunhill and Lucky Strike cigarettes, has said that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been approved by the U.S. Food...

Pop The Bubbly? Spain's Cava Takes Milder Pandemic Punch Than Expected

With bars and restaurants shut for months in parts of Spain and tourism drying up due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country's €1.2 billion ($1.46 b...

WTO Fails To Agree Rules To Stop Overfishing By Year's End Deadline

World Trade Organisation negotiators have failed to reach a deal by a year-end deadline to cut subsidies that lead to overfishing, the chairman of the talk...

Cosmetics Sales Continue To Slide Across Europe, IRI Study Finds

While the stay-at-home culture has led to a surge in sales for certain food categories, cosmetics and beauty categories are seeing double digit declines ac...

New Zealand's Ardern Says No COVID On Meat Exports

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she was confident no meat products were exported from the country with COVID-19, after Chinese authoriti...