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Record inflows into sustainability-focused funds during the first quarter pushed total assets to nearly $2 trillion.

BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin told CNBC he is "confident" the company's Covid-19 vaccine with Pfizer is effective against a variant first identified in India.

The anticipated economic boom following the covid pandemic has been likened to the "Roaring '20s," but an analyst stressed that not everyone will benefit.

Several countries want to make wind energy a crucial tool in their pivot away from fossil fuels. 

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are being boycotted by British sports teams, athletes and leading sports bodies over a lack of action online abuse.

The CEO of Nigerian fintech Flux says dropping out of college helped to pave the way for the launch of a new crypto payments company.

Firms that adapted to the pandemic while offering staff opportunities to advance their careers ranked top among LinkedIn's best places to work in Southeast Asia.

Darktrace priced its shares at 250p Friday morning, valuing the cybersecurity firm at £1.7 billion ($2.4 billion).

At least 3,498 people died over a 24-hour period, but recent reports have suggested that India's death toll is being underreported.

The region might be in a technical recession, but economists are optimistic about growth looking ahead.

The British bank said credit impairment charges had fallen "significantly" to £55 million, down from £2.1 billion a year before.

Now known as the "dirty dozen," 12 powerful European soccer clubs tried to form their own enclosed league.

Private jet charter company VistaJet has outlined plans to reach carbon neutrality by 2025 in an effort to get sustainability in the aviation industry to take off.

Known for the cryptocurrency XRP, Ripple has been caught in a high-stakes legal tussle with the SEC since last year.

Singapore's health ministry reported 16 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest number since mid July.

The disc version of Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) will retail at 3,899 yuan ($602) while the digital-only model is priced at 3,099 yuan.

The start-up forecast second-quarter deliveries of between 21,000 and 22,000 vehicles, for growth of 5% to 10% from the first three months of the year.

Friday's session followed an overnight session on Wall Street where major U.S. indexes finished higher.

Lawmakers confirmed to NBC News on Thursday that they were briefed in April on the investigation.

Earnings and revenue came in slightly ahead of expectations, but users and Q2 guidance were low.