Toymaker Hasbro posted a better-than-expected 54% jump in quarterly revenue, helped by rising demand for its "Dungeons & Dragons" tabletop game, while its film and television production unit rebounded after a year of pandemic-led shutdowns. Fred Katayama reports.

Toymaker Hasbro posts sharp jump in revenue

Wall Street’s major indexes eked out record closing highs on Monday, bolstered by optimism over earnings with heavyweight technology names reporting this week, while caution ahead of a policy meeting by the Federal Reserve kept the market in check. Fred Katayama reports.

Wall Street hits record closing highs

Electric carmaker Tesla Inc on Monday beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter profit and revenue as record deliveries offset the impact of a prolonged global shortage of chips and raw materials. This report produced by Chris Dignam.

Tesla beats second quarter expectations

The fact that Netflix doesn’t actually make or own some of its most popular shows has long been a problem. But we’ve never quite known how big a problem. New data from the TV analysis firm Digital-i sheds new light on the issue.

Netflix facing content ownership dilema

Bitcoin jumped to near $40,000 Monday, sparked by speculation over the potential involvement of Amazon.com Inc. in the crypto industry. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Mike McGlone has more.

Bitcoin price jumps after Amazon speculation

Friends of the woman who lost her life to COVID-19 in Sydney hope it'll be a "wake-up call" for young people to get vaccinated.

Tributes for young Sydney woman, among COVID victims

Superpower-play: Russia, China and the US send humanitarian aid to Latin America - a region hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

Russia, US donates vaccines to Latin America

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is in China’s Tianjin to discuss the fraught ties between the two superpowers.

Tensions between US and China during fresh talks

The South Korean team has rented an entire hotel, about 20 minute drive to the Athletes' Village, to cook food for its competitors separately and screen ingredients for radiation. Flora Bradley-Watson reports.

Olympic team Fukushima radiation fears for athletes

Tokyo 2020 organisers have asked fans to stop watching from the roadside at events like cycling and triathlon. The appeal was made after hundreds of fans lined the streets on Monday to watch the men's triathlon. Flora Bradley-Watson reports.

Olympics plea for fans to stay away from public events

A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six times compared with two AstraZeneca doses, a study from South Korea showed. Edward Baran reports.

Study shows mixing vaccines increases antibodies

The United States will keep in place all current COVID-19 travel restrictions for now due to concerns over the highly transmissible Delta variant.

A White House official told Reuters the decision came after a senior-level administration meeting late last week amid a rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases.