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China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced sanctions on U.K. entities in response to similar action by Britain over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang.

A first-quarter survey by the China Beige Book found that borrowing by state-owned enterprises dropped to the lowest in the study's roughly 10-year history.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped nearly 200 points overnight stateside.

Members of Congress faced off with the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter in a five-and-a-half-hour hearing about misinformation.

The tests come as Pyongyang ignores invitations from Washington to discuss denuclearization.

Banks will be able to start giving money back to shareholders this year, but not until June 30.

Shares of GameStop ripped higher Monday, clawing back some of their recent losses.

British start-up crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs have terminated their merger after regulators raised competition concerns with the deal.

The shipping delays could raise gas prices and impact everything from the clothes and shoes you ordered to gym equipment, electronics, food and energy supplies.

The market weakness came as Fed's Powell hinted at one day starting to remove the stimulus that has boosted the market during the pandemic.

New Zealand's Parliament has approved a bill to give mothers and their partners three days paid bereavement leave, following a miscarriage or stillbirth. 

The Ever Given, which become lodged in the Suez Canal, is still stuck, halting traffic in one of the world's busiest waterways.

A U.K. regulator has found that Facebook's acquisition of GIF website Giphy raises competition concerns around digital advertising and the supply of GIFs.

H&M faced backlash on Chinese social media over an old statement that the retailer had said it was "deeply concerned" about reports of forced labor in Xinjiang.

The company now says its vaccine is 76% effective in protecting against symptomatic cases of virus.

AstraZeneca's Covid shot has always been accompanied by high hopes, but it has been mired in controversy ever since its inception.

The 27-member bloc has been at the forefront of tightening the rules on big technology players and it's showing no signs of changing that approach.

Venture capitalists are writing big checks for start-ups in the booming NFT space.

The UK and the EU are trying to fix a dispute over Covid vaccine supplies, after EU officials announced stricter rules on exports of shots produced in the bloc.

Banks have improved their capital positions and should be allowed to continue to buy back their own shares, Yellen said.