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Sex workers in Germany are demanding the right to get back to work as the country's brothels remain closed.

A large majority of American companies in Hong Kong said they were concerned about the new national security law passed by China last month, a poll by the American Chamber of Commerce showed.

The U.S. has asked its citizens to "exercise increased caution" in China due to a "heightened risk of arbitrary detention" — a claim slammed by Chinese state-backed media Global Times as a "blatant distortion of truth."

A massive cost-cutting drive helped the company shore up its finances while the coronavirus pandemic led to a robust demand in WeWork's flexible office space, chairman Marcelo Claure told the FT in an interview.

Aside from temperature checks and masks, going back to workplaces in countries where lockdowns have been lifted may never feel the same.

Advisors to President Donald Trump were reportedly considering proposals to strike against the Hong Kong dollar peg, in response to China implementing a national security law on the city.

These five charts illustrate trends in important industries that help track reopening progress in the U.S.

At a regular briefing with reporters on Friday, representatives of the People's Bank of China indicated there was little need for more emergency measures that had been rolled out as Covid-19 hit business activity earlier this year.

The ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court order that had put the execution of 47-year-old Daniel Lewis Lee on hold.

Wilmington Trust's Meghan Shue sees a battle is underway as companies get ready to report second quarter earnings.

As coronavirus surges nationwide, the White House aims to discredit health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci. The infectious disease expert said, in January, the coronavirus was "not a major threat" and "not driven by asymptomatic carriers."

Florida reported 15,299 confirmed coronavirus cases in a single day on Sunday, the largest surge in infections since the start of the pandemic that brings the state's total number of cases to 269,811.

Amazon's planned Climate Pledge arena in Seattle is an example of how professional sports stadiums are being redesigned with renewable energy to meet carbon-neutral goals.

Content, distribution, technology -- it's all blurring together. The path that companies like Comcast, Netflix, Roku, Amazon, Apple and Disney choose will dictate how much they spend on content, their M&A strategies, and ultimately, their stock prices.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is counting on Ime Archibong to find the company's next hit product, but Archibong's job is even bigger than that.

Stockton, California Mayor Michael Tubbs has implemented a universal basic income experiment. Now, other U.S. cities are hoping that the plan can be adopted nationally.

On Saturday, Disney began its phased reopening of its theme parks in Florida in the midst of a growing number of Covid-19 cases within the state.

Mueller asserted that Trump ally, Roger Stone, "remains a convicted felon, and rightly so" despite the president's decision to commute his prison sentence.

As countries and companies race to bring a Covid-19 vaccine to the market, concerns have risen about wealthier nations receiving more drugs than developing countries.

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