Israel warns for sharp drop in Pfizer’s double jab protection against Covid July 8, 2021 Israel is experiencing a sharp drop in the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in preventing infections and symptomatic illness, the country’s Health Ministry has said. It did stress, however, that the jab remains highly effective in preventing serious illness. Lauren Anthony has more. Watch the full video report.
Two weeks before Olympics: Japanese govt declares state of emergency in Tokyo July 8, 2021 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga formally declared a state of emergency in Tokyo today, with just two weeks to go before the Tokyo Olympics open. Watch the full video report.
Dozens of US states take Google to court over Play Store ‘monopoly’ July 8, 2021 Dozens of U.S. states are suing Google, saying it used unfair practices to maintain a monopoly for its app store on Android phones. Watch the full video report.
The party is on after England’s Euro 2020 semi-final win against Denmark July 8, 2021 England fans climbed onto buses and telephone boxes in London’s Piccadilly Circus last night, celebrating the historic victory over Denmark that sends us to the Euro 2020 final. Watch the full report.
Life after Amazon: What’s next for Jeff Bezos? July 7, 2021 Jeff Bezos has stepped down as Amazon’s chief executive, 27 years after founding the company. Now, he’s moving on to the next phase in his life and it includes space travel. Watch the full report.
Pentagon drops Trump’s $10bn deal with Microsoft after Amazon challenge July 7, 2021 The U.S. Defense Department cancelled a $10bn JEDI cloud-computing project late last night, pulling the Trump-era award to Microsoft while announcing a new contract that pits the big software firm against rival Amazon. Watch the full report.
City A.M. TV: A market snapshot (video) July 2, 2021 US markets have continued their grind higher this week with the S&P500 eking out gains on all four trading sessions so far. Across the globe, though, the strength in other equity markets has been less marked: In the Euro zone most equity markets have traded sideways or even lower over the course of June; in [...]
100 years on: How China’s Communist Party came to dominate tomorrow’s superpower July 1, 2021 The Communist Party of China (CCP) was founded in 1921, holding its first congress in Shanghai, with the help of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, during a turbulent period after the country had a decade earlier cast off 2,000 years of dynastic rule. Here’s how the CCP came to dominate the world’s most [...]
Didi gets a flat: Market debut runs out of steam after $80bn turbo-charged IPO July 1, 2021 Chinese ride-hailing app Didi had a market debut that ran out of steam after the company temporarily soared to a market value of $80bn in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Watch the full report.
Londoner on furlough finds fortune in the Thames June 30, 2021 Furloughed from her job and confined to London by coronavirus lockdowns, Flora Blathwayt founded a business based on rubbish she retrieves from the muddy banks of the River Thames. Watch the full report.