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Google defers Indian in-app fees by 6 months after angry startups complain

Startups were upset about the commission fee and also criticised several other Google Play Store policies for hurting their businesses

Netflix India releases 3 episodes of Bad Boy Billionaires amid legal tussle

The "Bad Boy Billionaires: India" documentary series about liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, Subrata Roy of Sahara group, IT executive Ramalinga Raju and jeweller Nirav Modi was set for release last month

Japan Sep service activity shrinks at slowest pace since pandemic's start

Activity in Japan's services sector contracted for the eight straight month in September but at the slowest pace since the coronavirus pandemic started wreaking havoc on the economy

Global stocks rise as signs of Trump's improving health calm markets

Australian stocks jumped 2.37% for the biggest daily gain in almost two weeks. Japan's Nikkei rose 1.39%

Food firms urge Britain to adopt tougher rules to protect tropical forests

Companies say they would prefer clear direction from governments that would create standard rules rather than navigating the existing maze of voluntary intiatives

Oil prices claw back 2% after upbeat signals from Donald Trump doctors

Prices had slumped more than 4% on Friday amid uncertainty surrounding Trump's health

London transport regulator bans Ola over public safety failings: Report

TfL said it had discovered a number of failures in Ola's operations, including breaches of its regime

Trump is now being treated with steroid; doctors monitoring his lungs

The medical team treating President Donald Trump for Covid-19 is monitoring the condition of his lungs after he received supplemental oxygen on Thursday and Friday

India and South Africa ask WTO to waive rules to aid Covid drug production

The two countries said that developing nations are disproportionately affected by the pandemic

No end to fighting until Armenia sets pullout timetable: Azerbaijan leader

The content and tone of Aliyev's message made clear that Azerbaijan would not entertain calls for an immediate ceasefire, as Russia, the United States and European Union have repeatedly urged

Regal-owner Cineworld considering temporary closure of all US, UK screens

Earlier, a person familiar with the situation had gone further, saying Cineworld would close all its US, UK and Ireland screens this week

Trump's Covid-19 condition improving, could return to WH on Monday: Doctors

That word came the day after a series of contradictory messages from the White House about Trump's conditions caused widespread confusion about his health

Trump feels very well, but will remain hospitalised: White House official

O'Brien said Trump will receive a national security briefing remotely later on Sunday from himself, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley

Trump thanks supporters, says 'real test' lies ahead in his Covid fight

Trump's illness has upended the campaign ahead of the November presidential election and cast a spotlight on the president's handling of the pandemic

Donald Trump's condition was worse than made public, confirms White House

Meadows made the comments in an interview with Fox News broadcast Saturday night that capped two days of conflicting and opaque assessments of the 74-year-old president's health

Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis fuels uncertainty for volatile US stock market

Should uncertainty persist, technology and momentum stocks that have led this year's rally may be particularly vulnerable to a selloff, some investors said

Japan's Sony and Kioxia seeking US approval to supply to Huawei: Nikkei

Japan's Sony Corp and memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp have applied for US approval to continue supplying Huawei Technologies Co Ltd

Paytm, other startups vow to fight 'big daddy' Google's clout: sources

Setting the stage for a potential showdown, entrepreneurs held two video conferences this week to strategise

Sao Paulo state in Brazil asks approval to use Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine

Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, is one of the sites of Phase III clinical trials for the Sinovac vaccine conducted by the state's Butantan Institute, a leading biomedical research center

At 7.9%, US unemployment rate spells trouble for Trump ahead of polls

The mass exit of women from their jobs coincided with the start of the US school year, with many children learning online and at home