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The deal means it will cost less for British businesses to sell products like cars, Scotch whisky and confectionery into Australia.

Guangdong, a major shipping hub, accounts for about 24% of China’s total exports and is home to the Shenzhen port and the Guangzhou port. 

Local infections in Singapore have fallen to single-digit levels in recent days.

From green energy to equal access in education and technology, these areas are “unstoppable” and going to have unusual growth in the next decade, Citi says.

Group of Seven leaders are about hold a three-day summit in the U.K., with an agenda likely to include climate, trade, pandemic recovery, Russia and China.

The Group of 20 economies saw gross domestic product return to pre-pandemic levels in the first quarter of 2021.

Even before the pandemic, the World Bank estimated it could take 150 years for women to achieve gender equality. The crisis has likely extended that timeline.

Market volatility and the next moves by central banks have to be watched “very carefully,” veteran investor Mark Mobius has warned.

Despite much fanfare over its rapid vaccination program, the U.K. government could be about to delay the lifting of all lockdown measures in England on June 21.

The cheap and widely-available drug aspirin does not improve survival for patients hospitalized with Covid-19, a U.K. study has found.

Asia-Pacific cities dominated the top 10 rankings this year even as the pandemic caused overall livability around the world to decline.

The European Parliament last month paused the ratification of a new investment pact with China until Beijing lifted sanctions on the EU. 

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele plans to introduce legislation that will make it the world’s first sovereign nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.

The global chip shortage is showing no signs of abating, but don’t expect prices for all types of chips to shoot up, says research firm Natixis.

There are signs that Russia’s economy is overheating with annual inflation currently at 5.9%, Anton Siluanov, the country’s finance minister, said Thursday.

New York Times Moscow correspondent Andrew Kramer explains hacker group DarkSide’s business model.

Asian countries have put new Covid-19 restrictions in place, which could delay a rebound in global oil demand, Energy Aspects analyst Amrita Sen told CNBC.

OPEC and its non-OPEC partners will meet via videoconference to discuss the next phase of production policy.

European markets closed higher on Tuesday as investors grow confident about the prospects of the region’s economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

Germany’s Dax was weighed down by Deutsche Bank after reports that the Fed said it was concerned about the lender’s anti-money laundering practices.