Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd (WPL.AX) shares fell more than 4% on Wednesday in the market's first verdict on a merger with BHP Group's (BHP.AX) petroleum business that will turn it into a global top 10 oil and gas producer.
Indian shares rose on Tuesday, after closing at record highs in the previous session, as gains in pharma and technology stocks helped investors look past losses in banks and rising global cases of the Delta coronavirus variant.
Tropical depression Grace has strengthened into a storm again, causing floods across portions of the island of Hispaniola, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
The Biden administration plans to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots to Americans as early as mid or late September, pending authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters late on Monday.
The risk of Bell's Palsy, a type of facial paralysis, is higher after Sinovac Biotech Ltd's (SVA.O) COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, but should not be a deterrent to vaccination, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.