Billion

While Covid-19 jabs are new researchers have been working on messenger RNA technology for decades. Photo :AFP
USA

US wants to produce one billion doses of mRNA vaccine a year

President Joe Biden, whose popularity has plummeted since the summer, wants to step up efforts to fight the pandemic

Mukesh Ambani. Photo :Reuters
South Asia

Mukesh Ambani joins $100 billion club among world's richest Bezos, Musk

Iran asked US to unfreeze $10 billion to show good will, Iran official says
Middle East

Iran asked US to unfreeze $10 billion to show good will, Iran official says

Photo: BSS
Coronavirus chronicle

Five billion Covid shots injected worldwide: AFP

Bill Hwang. PHOTOGRAPHER: EMILE WAMSTEKER/BLOOMBERG
World+Biz

The man who lost $20 bn in two days

FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the automobile awards "Das Goldene Lenkrad" given by a German newspaper in Berlin, Germany, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
Tech

Tesla's quarterly report could land Musk another $3 billion

Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Beirut blast damage cost tops $15 billion: Lebanon president

Bonded. Photo: AFP via Bloomberg
Global Economy

Macron and Merkel deliver an $859 billion breakthrough

Photo: Reuters
Tech

Zoom now worth more than 7 big airlines

US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Republican members of Congress in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, May 8, 2020. Photo: Tom Brenner via Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

US next week to start purchasing $3 billion worth of farm goods: Trump